bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
98-hr-6440,98,hr,6440,"A bill to designate the main channel for the project for San Leandro Marina, California, as the ""Jack D. Maltester Channel"", and for other purposes.",Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-11,1984-10-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,0,"(Measure passed House, amended) 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. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Jeannette, Pennsylvania, as the John Dent Post Office Building. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Romulus, Michigan, as the Carl W. Morris Post Office Building.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
98-hr-6441,98,hr,6441,A bill to eliminate restrictions with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls on the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike upon repayment by the Commonwealth of Virginia of certain Federal-aid highway funds used on such turnpike.,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-11,1984-10-30,Became Public Law No: 98-607.,House,"Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-3]",VA,R,B000556,1,Declares the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike free of restrictions on the imposition of tolls upon the repayment by the Commonwealth of Virginia of certain Federal-aid highway funds relating to such Turnpike.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6442,98,hr,6442,"A bill to provide for the use and distribution of the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa Indians judgement funds in docket 18-S and in docket 18-U, before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,1984-10-11,1984-10-11,Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.,House,"Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11]",MI,R,D000131,0,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).,2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
98-hr-6430,98,hr,6430,A bill to amend the River and Harbor Act of 1946.,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-10,1984-10-30,Became Public Law No: 98-606.,House,"Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1]",VA,R,B000229,0,"Modifies the project for navigation, Newport News Creek, Virginia, to authorize the State of Virginia to relocate and reconstruct such project following approval by the Secretary of the Army.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6431,98,hr,6431,"A bill to amend chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, to impose a criminal penalty for revealing prematurely the results obtained by polling voters on election day.",Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-23]",CA,D,B000318,0,"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.",2021-06-29T21:25:16Z,
98-hr-6432,98,hr,6432,A bill to improve and expand benefits for active duty military personnel and their dependents.,Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]",TX,D,G000272,0,"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.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
98-hr-6433,98,hr,6433,Mental Health Act of 1984,Health,1984-10-10,1984-10-19,Referred to Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]",TX,D,G000272,0,"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.",2025-08-29T17:39:25Z,
98-hr-6434,98,hr,6434,Special White House Conference on Protection of Children in Child Care Act,Families,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14]",NJ,D,G000511,2,"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.",2025-08-29T17:38:05Z,
98-hr-6435,98,hr,6435,"A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish prices charged for charts, tide and tidal current tables, tidal current charts, coast pilots, water level products, and associated data bases published or produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.",Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.,House,"Rep. Pritchard, Joel [R-WA-1]",WA,R,P000546,0,"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.",2021-06-29T21:25:18Z,
98-hr-6436,98,hr,6436,Tax Equity and Efficiency Act,Taxation,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Shannon, James M. [D-MA-5]",MA,D,S000286,0,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.,2025-08-29T17:38:39Z,
98-hr-6437,98,hr,6437,A bill to grant the consent of the Congress to the Midwest Interstate Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact.,Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-10,1984-11-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]",MN,D,V000087,8,"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.",2025-01-15T18:51:50Z,
98-hr-6438,98,hr,6438,A bill for the relief of Joseph Karel Hasek.,Private Legislation,1984-10-10,1984-10-30,Became Private Law No: 98-54.,House,"Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8]",OH,R,K000190,0,Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to reopen and redetermine the claim of a named individual arising from the nationalization or other taking of his property by the Government of Czechoslovakia. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments on account of such claim in the amount determined by the Commission and certified to the Secretary.,2021-09-25T05:30:26Z,
98-hr-6439,98,hr,6439,A bill for the relief of Helen Hudson.,Private Legislation,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3]",CA,D,M000249,0,Deems a named individual to have completed five years of service as a Federal employee for purposes of determining disability retirement benefits eligibility.,2021-06-29T21:25:19Z,
98-hr-6422,98,hr,6422,Voluntary National Youth Service Act,Labor and Employment,1984-10-09,1984-10-09,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,0,"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.",2025-08-29T17:38:04Z,
98-hr-6423,98,hr,6423,Jesse Gray Housing Act,Housing and Community Development,1984-10-09,1984-10-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.,House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1]",MI,D,C000714,0,"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.",2025-08-29T17:41:52Z,
98-hr-6424,98,hr,6424,"A bill to provide for contribution of damages attributable to an agreement by two or more persons to fix, maintain, or stabilize prices under section 4, 4A or 4C of the Clayton Act.",Commerce,1984-10-09,1984-10-09,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]",TX,D,B000880,0,"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.",2021-06-29T21:25:14Z,
98-hr-6425,98,hr,6425,Bank Fee Disclosure Act,Finance and Financial Sector,1984-10-09,1984-10-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7]",IL,D,C000634,0,"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.",2025-08-29T17:38:34Z,
98-hr-6426,98,hr,6426,A bill entitled: the Bogue Chitto Creek Relief Act.,Emergency Management,1984-10-09,1984-10-09,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4]",MS,D,D000466,0,"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.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6427,98,hr,6427,A bill entitled: The Purple Creek Relief Act.,Emergency Management,1984-10-09,1984-10-09,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4]",MS,D,D000466,0,"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.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6428,98,hr,6428,Congressional Capital Investment Program Information Act of 1984,Economics and Public Finance,1984-10-09,1984-10-09,Referred to House Committee on Rules.,House,"Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]",NJ,D,H000840,1,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.,2025-08-29T17:39:57Z,
98-hr-6429,98,hr,6429,National Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Act,Housing and Community Development,1984-10-09,1984-10-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.,House,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]",NY,D,S000148,4,"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.",2025-08-29T17:41:05Z,
98-hr-6409,98,hr,6409,International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984,International Affairs,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.,House,"Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19]",FL,D,F000041,1,"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 sales 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 that 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 from Haiti; (2) is cooperating fully in implementing U.S. development, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti; (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 in Haiti.  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.",2025-08-29T17:41:08Z,
98-hr-6410,98,hr,6410,A bill to improve and expand benefits for active duty military personnel and their dependents.,Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,0,"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.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
98-hr-6411,98,hr,6411,"A bill to provide, through States and employer-employee committees, that services are provided to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities, to require the employer to give employees advance notice of layoffs and to give employees relocation options and assistance, and for other purposes.",Labor and Employment,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]",WI,D,A000224,0,"Provides, through States and employee-employer committees, for services to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities. Requires employers to give employees advance notice of mass layoffs.  Requires employees to give long-term employees assistance after termination and relocation options and assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot specified funds to States which have submitted approved applications.  Bases such allotments on relative numbers of:  (1) unemployed persons during the preceding calendar year; and (2) unemployed persons who were unemployed for 15 weeks or more during the preceding calendar year. Sets forth application requirements.  Requires a State receiving funds under this Act to ensure that unemployed persons in such State are provided with:  (1) personal and family counseling; (2) career planning; (3) job search training; and (4) information regarding actual and potential job openings. Defines ""employer"" as a person engaged in an activity, business, or industry affecting commerce who has 50 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person. Defines ""long-term employee"" as an individual who was a full- time employee for more than 104 weeks. Requires an employer who terminates from employment, for any reason other than malfeasance, any long-term employee to give such employee full wages and benefits for a prescribed period beginning on the date after the date such employee receives notice of such termination. Makes the ""prescribed period"" a period of one and two-tenths days for each week in excess of 104 weeks that an individual was an employee of the employer, but limits such period to not more than 180 days.  Provides that ""full wages and benefits"" shall be reduced by the sum of:  (1) the wages and benefits received by the employee for any employment or reasonable offer of employment which the employee could have accepted during such period; and (2) unemployment compensation received by the employee during such period.  Provides that ""terminates from employment"" does not include temporary layoffs. Requires an employer who terminates from employment, for any reason other than malfeasance, any long-term employee to offer such employee any full-time employment appropriate to the employee's skills and training which becomes available at any establishment of the employer during the three-year period beginning on the date of such termination.  Conditions such requirement on  the extent to which such employer can provide such employment without violating a collective bargaining agreement.  Requires the employer to pay 50 percent of the employee's moving expenses if such employment requires a change of residence, but limits such required payment to not more than $2,000, or $1,000 in the case of a husband and wife qualifying for such payment. Provides that whenever an employer fails to pay and provide full wages and benefits for the prescribed period or fails to pay such moving expenses:  (1) the amounts involved shall be deemed to be a debt owed to the United States by the employer and shall bear simple interest at 12 percent per year; and (2) the Secretary shall pay such amounts with respect to the employee involved at the request of the employee or the employee's agent. Provides that the employment which the employer must offer the employee must provide seniority rights and benefits at specified levels. Requires an employer, on the first date on which such employer knows that a total of 25 employees are likely to be terminated from employment for any reason, other than malfeasance, in any 18-month period, to notify all employees of such employment termination. Requires the State, after the date of such notification, to assist in forming an employee-employer committee, provide the committee with technical assistance, and pay 50 percent of committee expenses.  Conditions such State assistance upon:  (1) a request by an employee or the employer; and (2) the agreement of at least one employee and the employer to establish such a committee to provide specified services.  Requires that such committee be available to provide at least six months of services to all employees terminated in such 18-month period. Directs the Secretary to make a low-interest loan equal to the amount an employer is required to pay to an employee qualifying for moving expenses under this Act. Sets forth requirements for disclosure of certain information by the employee to the employer and the Secretary for purposes of specified payments under this Act. Exempts an employer from making any payments under this Act with respect to an employee for any week for which such employee receives a retirement benefit under any plan to which the employer made a contribution. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for:  (1) allotments to States for specified services for unemployed persons; and (2) the Secretary's payments of wages, benefits, moving expenses, and low-interest loans to employees.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-hr-6412,98,hr,6412,"A bill to provide, in the case of mass layoffs by an employer, through States and employer-employee committees, that services are provided to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities, to require, in the case of mass layoffs by an employer, the employer to give employees advance notice of layoffs and to give employees relocation options and assistance, and for other purposes.",Labor and Employment,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]",WI,D,A000224,0,"Provides, through States and employee-employer committees, for services to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities. Requires employers to give employees advance notice of mass layoffs.  Requires covered employers who know that mass layoffs are likely to give long-term employees assistance after termination and relocation options and assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot specified funds to States which have submitted approved applications.  Bases such allotments on relative numbers of:  (1) unemployed persons during the preceding calendar year; and (2) unemployed persons who were unemployed for 15 weeks or more during the preceding calendar year. Sets forth application requirements.  Requires a State receiving funds under this Act to ensure that unemployed persons in such State are provided with:  (1) personal and family counseling; (2) career planning; (3) job search training; and (4) information regarding actual and potential job openings. Defines ""employer"" as a person engaged in an activity, business, or industry affecting commerce who has 50 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person. Defines ""covered employer"" as an employer who knows or has reason to know that at least 25 of the employees employed in any one establishment of such employer are likely to be terminated, for any reason other than malfeasance, in an 18-month period.  Provides that such employer shall be a covered employer until the expiration of such 18-month period. Defines ""long-term employee"" as an individual who was a full-time employee for more than 104 weeks. Requires a covered employer who terminates from employment, for any reason other than malfeasance, any long-term employee to give such employee full wages and benefits for a prescribed period beginning on the date after the date such employee receives notice of such termination. Makes the ""prescribed period"" a period of one and two-tenths days for each week in excess of 104 weeks that an individual was an employee of the employer, but limits such period to not more than 180 days.  Provides that ""full wages and benefits"" shall be reduced by the sum of:  (1) the wages and benefits received by the employee for any employment or reasonable offer of employment which the employee could have accepted during such period; and (2) unemployment compensation received by the employee during such period.  Provides that ""terminates from employment"" does not include temporary layoffs. Requires a covered employer who terminates from employment, for any reason other than malfeasance, any long-term employee to offer such employee any full-time employment appropriate to the employee's skills and training which becomes available at any establishment of the employer during the three-year period beginning on the date of such termination.  Conditions such requirement on  the extent to which such employer can provide such employment without violating a collective bargaining agreement.  Requires the covered employer to pay 50 percent of the employee's moving expenses if such employment requires a change of residence, but limits such required payment to not more than $2,000, or $1,000 in the case of a husband and wife qualifying for such payment. Provides that whenever a covered employer fails to pay and provide full wages and benefits for the prescribed period or fails to pay such moving expenses:  (1) the amounts involved shall be deemed to be a debt owed to the United States by the employer and shall bear simple interest at 12 percent per year; and (2) the Secretary shall pay such amounts with respect to the employee involved at the request of the employee or the employee's agent. Provides that the employment which the covered employer must offer the employee must provide seniority rights and benefits at specified levels. Requires an employer, on the first date on which such employer knows that a total of 25 employees are likely to be terminated from employment for any reason, other than malfeasance, in any 18-month period, to notify all employees of such employment termination. Requires the State, after the date of such notification, to assist in forming an employee-employer committee, provide the committee with technical assistance, and pay 50 percent of committee expenses.  Conditions such State assistance upon:  (1) a request by an employee or the employer; and (2) the agreement of at least one employee and the employer to establish such a committee to provide specified services.  Requires that such committee be available to provide at least six months of services to all employees terminated in such 18-month period. Directs the Secretary to make a low-interest loan equal to the amount a covered employer is required to pay to an employee qualifying for moving expenses under this Act. Sets forth requirements for disclosure of certain information by the employee to the covered employer and the Secretary for purposes of specified payments under this Act. Exempts an employer from making any payments under this Act with respect to an employee for any week for which such employee receives a retirement benefit under any plan to which the employer made a contribution. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987 for:  (1) allotments to States for specified services for unemployed persons; and (2) the Secretary's payments of wages, benefits, moving expenses, and low-interest loans to employees.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-hr-6413,98,hr,6413,A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an acreage limitation program and a land diversion program for the 1985 crop of feed grains.,Agriculture and Food,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6]",IA,D,B000298,0,"Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a combined acreage limitation program and a land diversion program for the 1985 feed grain crop. Sets forth program provisions, including a diversion rate for corn of $1.50 per bushel.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
98-hr-6414,98,hr,6414,Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1984,Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-05,1984-10-22,"Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.",House,"Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6]",OK,D,E000184,1,"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.",2025-08-29T17:40:59Z,
98-hr-6415,98,hr,6415,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the conditions under which scholarship and fellowship grants will be excluded from gross income.,Taxation,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3]",IA,R,E000259,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the extent of faculty supervision or participation with respect to the performance of teaching, research, or other services by individuals who are candidates for a degree shall not be relevant in determining whether such activities are required as a condition for receiving a degree for purposes of excluding amounts received for such services from gross income pursuant to provisions allowing a tax exclusion for scholarship and fellowship grants. Provides that all degree candidates do not have to perform substantially identical activities with respect to teaching, research, or other services for such activities to be found to be a condition for receiving a degree.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6416,98,hr,6416,"A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend the residential energy credit with respect to solar renewable energy source expenditures, with declining percentages of credit, through 1990, and for other purposes.",Taxation,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA-5]",GA,D,F000329,7,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the residential energy income tax credit for solar energy property for five years (from 1985 to 1990).  Phases out the percentage of expenditures which may be taken into account for such credit between the years 1986 and 1990. Limits to $6,000 the maximum amount of expenditures for solar hot water systems which may be taken into account for purposes of such credit. Specifies additional standards which solar hot water systems must meet in order to qualify for such credit. Increases and extends for five years (from 1985 to 1990) the energy investment tax credit for specified types of solar energy property.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6417,98,hr,6417,"A bill to amend the Act entitled ""An Act granting a charter to the General Federation of Women's Clubs"".",Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,0,"Amends the Federal charter of the General Federation of Women's Clubs to limit the Federation's operation to charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of a tax-exempt charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Federation, upon dissolution, to liquidate and distribute its assets to tax-exempt charitable organizations with similar purposes.",2021-06-29T21:25:13Z,
98-hr-6418,98,hr,6418,A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to probibit the importation of tobacco which has been grown or processed using pesticides and other chemicals whose use has been prohibited in this country for health reasons.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1984-10-05,1984-10-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-6]",TN,D,G000321,0,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.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6419,98,hr,6419,Renewable Energy Incentive Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,H000449,3,"Renewable Energy Incentive Act of 1984 - Title I: Extension of Business Energy Credits - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy investment tax credit for solar energy property from 1985 to 1990.  Sets the amount of such credit during such period at 15 percent for low temperature solar property and 25 percent for all other solar property. Extends the energy investment tax credit for wind property from 1985 to 1990.  Sets the amount of such credit at: (1) 15 percent during 1986; (2) ten percent during 1987 and 1988; and (3) five percent during 1989 and 1990. Extends the energy investment tax credit for geothermal property, hydroelectric generating property, ocean thermal property, and biomass property from 1985 to 1990. Title II: Affirmative Commitment Rule to Extend the Business Credit for Certain Long-Term Projects - Extends for five years from 1990 to 1995 the time period during which an affirmative commitment must be made in order for long-term energy projects to be eligible for the energy investment tax credit. Applies such extension to affirmative commitments made for: (1) solar energy property; (2) geothermal energy property; (3) wind energy property; (4) ocean thermal energy property; (5) hydroelectric generating property; and (6) biomass property. Title III: Extension of Residential Energy Credits - Extends the residential energy income tax credit for renewable energy source expenditures from 1985 to 1990.  Phases out such credit over such period for: (1) solar renewable energy property; and (2) wind renewable energy property. Extends the residential energy income tax credit for energy conservation expenditures from 1985 to 1988. Title IV: Eligibility of Public Utility Property - Makes public utility property eligible for treatment as energy property for purposes of the energy investment tax credit. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.",2025-08-29T17:38:46Z,
98-hr-6420,98,hr,6420,Cash Flow Income Tax Act of 1985,Taxation,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,H000449,0,"Cash Flow Income Tax Act of 1985 - Title I:  Cash Flow Income Tax - Subtitle A:  Cash Flow Income Tax - - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax rates for individuals and the number of tax brackets. Imposes an income tax of 30 percent on the taxable income of an estate or trust in excess of $3,000. Provides for a yearly cost-of-living adjustment for the standard deduction, the dependent credit, and the ""ten percent bracket."" Repeals:  (1) the minimum tax for tax preferences; (2) the accumulated earnings tax; (3) the personal holding company tax; (4) the foreign personal holding company tax; and (5) the dividend paid deduction. Imposes a 30 percent income tax on the taxable income of every corporation. Provides that such tax shall be equal to at least 30 percent of the accumulated surplus of a corporation. Revises the definitions of ""taxable income,"" ""adjusted gross income,"" ""net income,"" and ""gross income."" Provides that the standard deduction shall be $8,000 in the case of a joint return ($4,000 for single individuals or married filing separately).  Sets forth restrictions on the availability of the standard deduction. Provides for an unlimited carryforward of any negative amount of a corporation's adjusted net income flow or a taxpayer's taxable income. Allows the taxpayer a credit against the tax for each dependent exemption.  Provides that such credit may not exceed the tax of the taxpayer. Subtitle B:  Base Broadening - Repeals various tax credits and tax exclusions. Includes in gross income:  (1) amounts received as prizes and awards; (2) amounts received as unemployment compensation; (3) social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits; and (4) an amount equal to the cost of group-term life insurance carried by an employer for an employee.  Includes in gross income the value of property acquired by gfit, bequest, devise, or inheritance.  Permits a $5,000 per year exclusion for such property. Repeals various tax deductions. Allows a deduction for interest incurred to purchase, carry, or improve an investment asset.  Prohibits the deduction of consumer interest. Limits the amount of the deduction for charitable contributions to five percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income.  Permits a deduction for medical and dental expenses only to the extent such expenses exceed ten percent of adjusted gross income. Permits the deduction for individual casualty losses only to the extent that the aggregate amount of such losses sustained during the taxable year exceed $500.  Treats a husband and wife filing a joint return as one individual for purposes of this limitation. Repeals the tax provisions relating to:  (1) the limitations on allowance of capital losses; (2) Domestic International Sales Corporations; (3) Foreign Sales Corporations; (4) the foreign tax credit; (5) export trade corporations; (6) taxation of capital gains; (7) S corporations; and (8) cooperatives. Title II:  Repeal of Estate and Gift Taxes - Repeals the estate and gift tax.",2025-08-29T17:41:21Z,
98-hr-6421,98,hr,6421,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of incentive stock options.,Taxation,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1]",OK,D,J000232,1,"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 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.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6392,98,hr,6392,A bill to prevent the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Amendments of 1984 from affecting pending suits against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.,Labor and Employment,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]",VA,R,W000672,1,Provides that pending suits against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority shall not be affected by specified amendments to provisions relating to liability for compensation made by the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 1984.,2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-hr-6393,98,hr,6393,A bill to extend the Equal Access to Justice Act.,Law,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,0,Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act to extend through 1985 the provisions with regard to the payment of costs to a prevailing party in an action against the United States.,2021-06-29T21:25:10Z,
98-hr-6394,98,hr,6394,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects.",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,House,"Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7]",NY,D,A000022,0,Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects.,2024-02-07T16:12:44Z,
98-hr-6395,98,hr,6395,"A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish a program to support the price of the 1986 through 1989 crops of feed grains and wheat; to require that strategic and critical materials be acquired, to the maximum extent feasible, by bartering agricultural commodities; to make persons who produce agricultural commodities on highly erodible land ineligible for certain agriculture-related programs; and for other purposes.",Agriculture and Food,1984-10-04,1984-10-12,Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.,House,"Rep. Albosta, Donald J. [D-MI-10]",MI,D,A000076,0,"Title I:  Price Support for Feed Grains and Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish price support programs for the 1986 through 1989 feed grain and wheat crops. Places limits on the resale of such crops acquired for use as alcohol fuels.  Establishes a civil penalty for violations of this title. Title II:  Exportation of Agricultural Commodities - Subtitle A:  Financing Exports - Amends the Food For Peace Act of 1966 to extend the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund through FY 1989. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to extend the export program through FY 1989. Subtitle B:  Bartering for Strategic and Critical Materials - Directs the President and the Secretary of Energy, respectively, to seek to acquire petroleum products and strategic and critical materials by bartering Commodity Credit Corporation agricultural stocks.  Requires at least ten percent of any such commodities to be shipped from U.S. Great Lakes ports. Title III:  Soil Conservation - Subtitle A: Highly Erodible Land - Makes persons growing crops on highly erodible land ineligible for price supports and other agricultural program benefits.  Sets forth exemptions based on previous plantings or prior determinations of erodibility. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to complete specified land capability classification surveys as soon as practicable.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B:  Studies Related to Land Use - Directs the Secretary to undertake:  (1) a cropland base protection study; and (2) an analysis of Department of Agriculture soil conservation programs. Subtitle C:  Program to Reduce Erosion - Directs the Secretary, during FY 1986 through 1988, to enter into long-term soil and water conservation contracts with owners and operators of erosion-prone land.  Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations. Subtitle D:  Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to publish regulations implementing this title in the Federal Register within 180 days.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
98-hr-6396,98,hr,6396,A bill to amend the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to ensure that Federal assistance will be provided expeditiously to communities threatened by major disasters.,Emergency Management,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25]",TX,D,A000209,0,Amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management  Agency to deploy at least one disaster relief specialist to any area in which a major disaster is imminent in order to:  (1) assist State and local officials in developing disaster preparation programs; and (2) place field staff in advance and take other measures to ensure expeditious post-disaster assistance.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6397,98,hr,6397,"A bill to establish the Cape Charles National Wildlife Refuge and the Cape Charles National Fish and Wildlife Service Training Center in Northampton County, Virginia.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,See H.J.Res.648.,House,"Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1]",VA,R,B000229,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish, in Virginia, the Cape Charles National Wildlife Refuge (with a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service training facility on such refuge). Authorizes appropriations.",2021-06-29T21:25:11Z,
98-hr-6398,98,hr,6398,Hazardous Air Pollutants Amendments Act of 1984,Environmental Protection,1984-10-04,1984-10-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,0,"Hazardous Air Pollutants Amendments Act of 1984 - Amends the Clean Air Act (the Act) to revise provisions relating to hazardous air pollutants. Revises provisions for listing of certain unregulated pollutants to provide for expedited listing of hazardous air pollutants. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 90 days after the enactment of the Clean Air Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1984 (the Amendments), to identify by publication at least 20 of those substances for which a decision must be made before December 31, 1986, under provisions for the listing of hazardous air pollutants.  Provides that such substances shall be chosen from among the 37 candidate substances identified by the EPA as being in the assessment phase of the agency's process for review under provisions for national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) and for which a decision has not been made under the hazardous air pollutant listing provisions within 90 days after the enactment of the Amendments. Directs the Administrator, if all of such 37 substances are not identified by the date so specified, to specify within the ninety-day period, a date by which a decision under hazardous air pollutant listing provisions will be made for each of the 37 substances which are not so identified.  Provides that such date may not be later than December 31, 1987. Authorizes the Administrator to substitute for any of the 37 candidate substances another substance which, in the Administrator's judgment, is deemed to be a higher priority substance for consideration as a hazardous air pollutant within the meaning of specified NESHAP provisions. Provides that, if the Administrator fails to identify all 37 (or substitute) substances within such deadlines, all of the 37 substances shall be deemed to be subject to the December 31, 1986, deadline for a decision under hazardous air pollutant listing provisions. Directs the Administrator to establish a docket for the identified substance simultaneously with its identification.  Sets forth requirements relating to the contents of such docket.  Makes it the duty of the Science Advisory Board to make its comments on any health assessment available to the Administrator for inclusion in such docket within a specified period. Provides that, if the Administrator has not made a decision concerning any substance identified by the deadines specified under this Act, the making of that decision shall be treated as a nondiscretionary duty of the Administrator for purposes of citizen suit provisions and the notice requirement under such provisions shall be waived.  Requires a presumption in any such proceeding that:  (1) the docket for that substance has adequate and sufficient scientific and other information and analysis for making that decision; and (2) the Administrator has been dilatory in making the decision.  Directs the court to expedite its consideration of such action and to require the making of that decision by the Administrator within a period of not more than six months.  Prohibits the court in any such proceeding from considering the lack of funds or personnel for such decisions.  Directs the court to retain jurisdiction over the proceeding and to issue such enforcement orders as it deems appropriate. Directs the Administrator, simultaneously with the listing of any hazardous air pollutant and of the categories of stationary sources which emit such pollutant, to promulgate a proposed schedule for establishing national emission standards for such pollutant from such categories of sources. Requires that such schedule:  (1) take into consideration specified rulemaking requirements; (2) provide for establishment of such standards for each of such categories within 36 months after the date of listing of that category; and (3) include an opportunity for public hearings after a notice period of at least 60 days. Provides that a period of not more than 30 days following the promulgation of such a proposed schedule shall be available for written comment.  Directs the Administrator to publish a final schedule within 45 days after the close of such period. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) begin immediately after the listing of any such pollutant and sources to develop proposed national emission standards; and (2) publish proposed and final national emission standards under NESHAP provisions in accordance with the promulgated schedule.  Declares that the paramount purpose of the requirements for expedited listing and standard-making of this Act, and of the requirements of NESHAPs provisions, is the protection of public health. Directs the Administrator, within one year after the enactment of the Amendments, and after consultation with the National Toxicology Program and other agencies, to publish a process for periodically selecting substances which shall be candidates for listing decisions under NESHAPs provisions.  Requires that such process provide a procedure for the consideration of substances which have been found to be hazardous or a known carcinogen under other Federal programs and which are emitted into the air in significant amounts. Revises judicial review provisions to include listing any hazardous air pollutant and promulgating any NESHAP standard applicable to a stationary source among those actions of the Administrator for which a petition of review may be filed only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Revises NESHAP provisions to direct the Administrator to publish, and from time to time revise, a list which includes each air pollutant which has been determined to be a hazardous air pollutant within the meaning of specified NESHAP provisions. Requires that such list also include the pollutants listed in accordance with the timetables established under this Act. Directs the Administrator, simultaneously with such listing of a hazardous air pollutant, to publish a list which identifies the various industrial and commercial stationary source categories of such hazardous air pollutant and contains estimates of the contribution of each such category to ambient concentrations. Directs the Administrator to establish emission standards for the emission of each such hazardous air pollutant listed from each category:  (1) the emissions from which, in the Administrator's judgment, pose a reasonable possibility of endangering or otherwise having a significant adverse effect on public health; and (2) which the Administrator proposes to regulate under NESHAP provisions.  Authorizes the Administrator to distinguish among classes, types, and sizes within categories of sources in establishing emission standards. Directs the Administrator, simultaneously with the listing of categories of stationary sources of a hazardous air pollutant or at any subsequent time before proposal of a standard for any such category, to publish a list of those categories of stationary sources of such pollutant which the Administrator judges may pose any actual or reasonable possibility of endangering or otherwise having a significant adverse effect on public health and is determined to be:  (1) better controlled (within the time specified for issuing NESHAPs) under other provisions of the Clean Air Act or under another authority of law administered by EPA; or (2) a category (or portion thereof) of such stationary sources (such as residential wood stoves) which are too widespread and numerous to be reasonably susceptible to effective and enforceable control under NESHAPs provisions.  Requires such list to include a statement of the basis of any judgment not to regulate a category under NESHAPs provisions. Requires that each NESHAP be established at a level which the Administrator judges to:  (1) be designed to protect public health, taking into consideration both the extent of health risks to the exposed population and the magnitude of the risk to persons exposed to the highest concentrations of such hazardous air pollutant; and (2) include an ample margin of safety sufficient to ensure protection of public health without reducing emissions to zero unless the Administrator determines that a zero level is required to protect public health.  Provides that nothing under these or other NESHAP provisions is intended to establish standards or technology requirements that will, in the Administrator's judgment, cause or directly contribute to the closing of any source temporarily (except to the extent required to construct or install needed technology) or permanently. Establishes NESHAP permit requirements.  Requires, after the proposal of a NESHAP standard, that a NESHAP permit be obained for:  (1) construction of any new stationary source in any category listed as emitting such hazardous air pollutant; or (2) modification of any existing stationary source in any such category if such modification will increase the emission of such pollutant. Requires that each such permit issued to any hazardous air pollutant stationary source:  (1) after the date of promulgation a NESHAP standard for such pollutant require compliance by the source with an emission limitation which is at or as close as feasible to the level established by the applicable standard; and (2) after the proposal but on or before the date of promulgation of a NESHAP standard require compliance by the source with an emission limitation at or as close as feasible to the level established by the applicable proposed standard.  Defines ""feasible,"" for such purposes, as an emission limitation which requires the use of the best technology for the reduction of emissions of the hazardous air pollutant concerned which, in the judgment of the Administrator (or the delegated State), achieves the highest level of control achieved in practice by any source in the category concerned (or in a category of sources having similar air pollution control characteristics), taking into consideration cost and the health benefits to be achieved and the purpose of NESHAP provisions. Directs the Administrator, within one year after enactment of this Act, to prescribe the information required in each NESHAP permit application.  Directs the Administrator to issue or decline to issue any such permit as soon as possible after an application is filed in the required form, but not later than one year thereafter.  Authorizes the Administrator to set the appropriate permit term and conditions, including those for renewal and lead time for meeting applicable technology requirements.  Requires the Administrator to review such permits at least every ten years, and to make revisions which the Administrator judges necessary to achieve the required emission level. Requires the Administrator to state the reasons for declining to issue a permit. Allows, in such caes, the owner or operator to submit a new application for a permit. Requires a NESHAP permit be applied for within one year after the date of promulgation of a NESHAP standard and obtained within two years (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays) after such promulgation, in the case of any stationary source which:  (1) is in any category of stationary sources for which such standard has been promulgated for the emissions of any hazardous air pollutant; and (2) commenced construction or modification on or before the date on which such standard was proposed. Provides that, in the case of any NESHAP standard promulgated before the enactment of the Amendments, the one-year deadline for permit application shall be deemed to be the date one year after such enactment. Provides that each NESHAP permit for a stationary source in any category shall require compliance by the source with an emissions limitation for each hazardous air pollutant which is at or close as feasible to the level established by the applicable NESHAP standard for sources in that category.  Defines ""feasible,"" for such purposes, as the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of the best system of continuous emission reduction which the Administrator (or State) determines has been:  (1) adequately demonstrated on a commercial scale; or (2) shown to be reasonably certain to be ready for commercial application for the category of sources concerned.  Directs the Administrator to take specified factors into account in making such determination. Authorizes the Administrator (or State) to prescribe a compliance schedule for each stationary source for which a NESHAP permit is issued.  Provides that any such schedule prescribed by the Administrator shall be prescribed only after consultation with the State in which the source is located and may include interim measures. Prohibits, during the ten-year period following the issuance of a NESHAP permit, any more stringent emission limitation, compliance schedule, or other conditions with respect to the emissions of the hazardous air pollutant from any source under any other Clean Air Act provision or applicable implementation plan.  Waives such prohibition if the owner or operator consents or if the source is modified after permit issuance. Revises NESHAP provisions for design, equipment, work practice, and operational standards to provide that such standards be consistent with the safety standard set forth in this Act. Revises the NESHAP definition of ""hazardous air pollutant"" to delete the condition that such air pollutant be one to which no ambient air quality standard is applicable. Authorizes the Administrator (or the delegated State) to:  (1) suspend or revoke any NESHAP permit if the source owner or operator fails or refuses to comply with permit requirements; (2) reinstate a suspended or revoked permit upon determination of compliance; and (3) require as a permit condition that the owner or operator conduct monitoring necessary for determination of compliance and of the public health effects and extent of emissions. Revises provisions for Federal enforcement procedures to make conforming references to NESHAP permits. Revises judicial review provisions to provide that petitions for such review of EPA actions may be filed only in: (1) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in the case of a listing of any hazardous air pollutant together with a listing of category of stationary sources under NESHAP provisions (as well as in the case of promulgating any natural emission standard for a category of stationary soruces under NESHAP provisions); and (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit,in the case of issuing or revoking a NESHAP permit.  Prohibits the determination of the Administrator to list any substance under NESHAP provisions from being reviewed in any judicial review proceeding under NESHAP provisions establishing a standard or other requirement applicable to emissions of such substance.  Provides that judicial review of the listing of any substance under NESHAP provisions shall not affect the Administrator's obligations, under provisions for the listing of certain unregulated pollutants or under NESHAP provisions, to list under NESHAP provisions any category of sources which emit such substance or to propose or promulgate any NESHAP standard applicable to such sources. Provides that nothing in any amendment made by this Act shall affect the listing of any air pollutant, the proposal, promulgation, or revision of any standard, or any other action taken by the Administrator under NESHAP provisions before the enactment of this Act. Requires that, after such enactment, any revision of any such list, and any proposal, promulgation, or revision of any such standard comply with such amendments.",2025-08-29T17:38:05Z,
98-hr-6399,98,hr,6399,A bill to require motor vehicle rental companies to provide child restraint systems in rented motor vehicles on request and to direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe necessary regulations for administration and enforcement of such requirement.,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-04,1984-10-10,"Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.",House,"Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2]",CT,D,G000120,0,Requires motor vehicle rental companies to provide child restraint systems in rented motor vehicles upon request.  Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such requirement.  Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
98-hr-6400,98,hr,6400,Prison Employment Security Act of 1984,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-04,1984-10-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1]",TX,D,H000070,0,"Prison Employment Security Act of 1984 - Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review and report to Congress on the reclassification of prevailing rate positions within the Bureau of Prisons and the effect of down-grade reclassifications on the Bureau's mission, employee morale, employee turnover, and public and employee safety. Requires that any prevailing rate positions in the Bureau which have been reclassified to a lower grade on or after January 1, 1984, be reclassified to the position classification in effect on December 31, 1983.  Entitles any position incumbent to the pay and benefits of the position as it was classified on December 31, 1983, retroactively to January 1, 1984. Permits the proper reclassification of prevailing rate positions within the Bureau in the future, provided that the position of any incumbent shall not be downgraded as a result of any such reclassification within 120 days after GAO submits its report.",2025-08-29T17:40:48Z,
98-hr-6401,98,hr,6401,"A bill to designate the West Branch of the Farmington River as a study area for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1984-10-04,1984-11-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6]",CT,R,J000163,0,"Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add the West Branch of the Farmington River in Connecticut and Massachusetts to the list designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system. Requires a study of the river and a report by the end of the third fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) cooperate with the Farmington River Management Committee established by this Act; and (2) encourage public participation in the conduct of the river study. Directs the Committee to develop a management plan for the River, and authorizes the Secretary to implement and administer it. Enumerates the details of such plan. Establishes the Farmington River Management Committee.   Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
98-hr-6402,98,hr,6402,Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984,Education,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]",WI,R,P000265,6,"Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act.  Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per State, necessary to establish and operate a technical assistance center in each State. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with local educational agencies (LEAs), intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such entities) for the establishment and operation of technical assistance training centers in each State. Requires the contractor to:  (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the LEAs in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects.  Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education. Requires contracts under this Act to:  (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through obtaining matching funds, making in-kind contributions, demonstrating commitment to continue after expiration of funding under this Act, and organizing a policy advisory committee (which would include representatives from business, private foundations, LEAs, and SEAs); (3) demonstrate the level of development of human relations skills which its programs will instill; and (4) establish a system of program evaluation. Provides that each contract under this Act shall be for a three-year term, subject to availability of funds.  Makes such contracts non-renewable, but allows a single three-year extension to be granted if the contractor agrees to maintain the programs with assistance under this Act reduced by one-half. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.",2025-08-29T17:41:06Z,
98-hr-6403,98,hr,6403,Victims of Crime Act of 1984,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-04,1984-10-12,See H.J.Res.648.,House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,46,"Victims of Crime Act of 1984 - Establishes within the Treasury the Crime Victims Fund.  Requires that the Fund consist of: (1) most fines collected in Federal criminal cases; (2) penalty assessments on convicted persons; and (3) proceeds of all forfeitures (appearance bonds, bail bonds and collateral) in Federal criminal cases. Directs the Attorney General to make grants to qualified State programs for the compensation of victims of crime.  Specifies criteria for a State plan to qualify for grants, including requirements that the program: (1) offer compensation for medical expenses, loss of wages, and funeral expenses; (2) condition compensation on cooperation with law enforcement officials; (3) shall not use Federal funds to supplant State funds; and (4) shall not discriminate against nonresident victims. Allows the Attorney General to make grants to the chief executive of each State for the financial support of crime assistance programs.  States that such programs must have as a priority assistance to victims of sexual assault, spousal abuse or child abuse. Requires the Federal courts to impose a penalty assessment on all persons convicted of Federal offenses. Establishes a procedure for the special forfeiture of collateral profits of certain crimes (such as the sale of media rights). Authorizes the Attorney General to pay restitution to any victim (or compensation to the survivors of a victim) of a crime causing injury or death which is committed by a federally protected witness.  Sets a maximum of $50,000 in death compensation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and years following.",2025-08-29T17:38:55Z,
98-hr-6404,98,hr,6404,Plan Termination and Reversion Control Act of 1984,Labor and Employment,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]",CA,D,R000485,5,"Plan Termination and Reversion Control Act of 1984 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to delineate the eligibility and sufficiency criteria which single-employer pension plans must meet in order to terminate under the protection of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the Corporation). Includes among the termination eligibility requirements for such single-employer pension plan:  (1) business necessity; (2) pay-status participants not in excess of 80 percent (pay-status participants are those whose retirement benefits have become payable); (3) absence for a specified period of a different employer-maintained plan; and (4) the plan to be terminated did not participate in an asset or liabilities transfer between plans during such period. Delineates the criteria under which plan termination is considered a business necessity for purposes of this Act.  States that plan termination will not be considered a business necessity if the termination's primary purpose is to make funds available to contributing sponsors or to a sponsor's controlled group in order to prevent or promote entry of other persons into the controlled group. Treats fiduciaries who have permitted single-employer plan terminations to take place without meeting the eligibility criteria as having breached a fiduciary duty. Sets guidelines under which residual assets of terminated plans shall be distributed among:  (1) employee contributors; (2) participants and beneficiaries; and (3) employers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax upon the distribution of residual assets to an employer if a single-employer benefit plan is terminated, except under the business necessity criteria of this Act.  Makes the employer liable to pay such tax. Requires a plan administrator to file a plan termination notice with the Corporation after giving plan participants and beneficiaries advanced written notice of such proposed termination.  Requires the Corporation to hold a hearing on the record regarding:  (1) plan termination; and (2) distribution of residual assets. Amends the limitations set upon plan acquisition of qualifying employer securities and real property. Directs the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (the Board) to report to specified congressional committees regarding the results of a study concerning reasonable actuarial assumptions and methods for determining the actuarial status and funding requirements of various pension plans. Requires the Board to publish in the Federal Register the actuarial assumptions and methods it prescribes for various types of pension plans.  Authorizes the Board to terminate enrolled actuaries upon finding that they have not used the methods and assumptions prescribed. Makes conforming amendments to the Internal Revenue Code.  Sets guidelines for qualified trust treatment where assets of a terminated plan are transferred to an employee stock ownership plan. Amends ERISA to prohibit fiduciaries from permitting the transfer of terminated plan assets to an employee-stock-ownership plan unless specified conditions are met. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disqualify from trust status any comparable pension plan formed by an employer within five years of such employer's receipt of the residual assets of a pension plan terminated without business necessity. Provides that where employers have accepted payments of the residual assets of certain terminated pension plans, certain comparable pension plans formed by such employers will be denied:  (1) minimum funding standard waivers; (2) extension of amortization periods; and (3) alternative minimum funding standards. Directs the President to establish the Plan Termination and Reversion Control Commission as an independent agency within the executive branch of the Government. Establishes the position of special liaison officer to the Commission within the office of:  (1) the Secretary of Labor; (2) Secretary of the Treasury; and (3) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.  Provides for an Executive Director as the principal administrative officer under the Commission. Provides that if the Corporation finds that residual assets exceed a specified amount upon the termination of certain single-employer plans, then the Commission shall assume all functions of the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the Treasury and of the Corporation, insofar as such functions concern residual assets requirements in their respective areas.  Authorizes the Commission to prescribe rules and regulations, policies and procedures. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:39:40Z,
98-hr-6405,98,hr,6405,A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to restrict the manner in which federally insured depository institutions may increase fees on individual retirement accounts and to limit the penalties imposed by any depository institution for the early withdrawal of a time deposit.,Taxation,1984-10-04,1984-10-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]",MN,D,V000087,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding individual retirement accounts to require financial institutions to state fees clearly in governing instruments and delay fee increases for 90 days after announcement or the first date for penalty-free withdrawal, whichever is later. Prohibits early withdrawal penalties from reducing the original principal amount. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act, respectively, to require insured banks to comply with such Code amendments.",2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
98-hr-6406,98,hr,6406,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide compensation to former prisoners of war of World War II and of the Korean conflict.",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,House,"Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1]",MT,D,W000520,0,"Grants for compensation purposes a 60 percent service-connected disability rating for former prisoners of war who were detained 30 or more days in the Asian-Pacific Theater during World War II or in Korea during the Korean conflict, or who evaded capture in such theaters for at least 90 days.",2024-02-07T16:12:44Z,
98-hr-6407,98,hr,6407,Valve Engineering Council Act of 1984,Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-04,1984-10-22,Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.,House,"Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3]",KS,R,W000636,0,"Value Engineering Council Act of 1984 - Establishes in the Office of Management and Budget the Value Engineering Council to conduct research, offer advice, provide study materials, and promote the use of incentives which will maximize productivity and minimize costs in executive agencies and private industry through value engineering. Requires the Council to report to Congress and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget annually on its findings and on the savings generated from the application of value engineering proposals. Terminates the Council three years after its establishment, unless it is renewed by the Director. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:38:53Z,
98-hr-6408,98,hr,6408,A bill for the relief of Denise Chaffee Soltys.,Private Legislation,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]",MA,D,F000339,0,Declares that the United States shall be liable for any injuries sustained by a named individual due to treatment by the medical staff of a military hospital in Alabama if an action on her claim is instituted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts during a one-year period and such injuries are found to have been caused by negligence. Confers jurisdiction upon such court to hear any action filed by such individual concerning such treatment.,2021-06-29T21:25:12Z,
98-hr-6376,98,hr,6376,Small Business Consumed Income Tax Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9]",TN,D,F000261,0,"Small Business Consumed Income Tax Act of 1984 - 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; (3) has not made an election for tax treatment as a subchapter S corporation; and (4) does not have as a principal function the performance of services in health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, or consulting. 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.",2025-08-29T17:37:49Z,
98-hr-6377,98,hr,6377,Barter Promotion Act of 1984,Agriculture and Food,1984-10-03,1984-10-12,Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.,House,"Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large]",ND,D,D000432,0,"Barter Promotion Act of 1984 - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to promote U.S. agricultural exports and to protect the assets of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and for these purposes the Secretary of Agriculture should barter Corporation commodities for foreign goods and equipment. Authorizes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture to cover Corporation costs in acquiring agricultural commodities for such barter transactions. Directs the Secretary to carry out such transactions with a minimum displacement of normal commercial export sales.",2025-08-29T17:41:10Z,
98-hr-6378,98,hr,6378,"A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and for other purposes.",Labor and Employment,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]",IL,R,E000204,0,"Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require employers to provide conditions of employment that are free of recognized hazards which: (1) can be abated through reasonably available means; and (2) pose a substantial probability of death, serious injury or impaired health. Directs the Secretary of Labor to determine, when promulgating occupational health standards dealing with toxic substances or harmful physical agents, whether: (1) a particular standard will substantially reduce employee health risks; (2) such standard will threaten the competitive stance of the regulated industry; (3) engineering or work practice controls are readily available for use in the regulated industry; and (4) such controls can achieve the compliance levels established for the regulated industry.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
98-hr-6379,98,hr,6379,Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984,Education,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.,House,"Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15]",MI,D,F000270,0,"Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984 - Amends title IV the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish under HEA title IV (Student Assistance) a new program of graduate study grants for first- and second-year graduate and professional students who demonstrate financial need. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1991 to enable the Secretary of Education to make payments to institutions of higher education which have made agreements for purposes of such grants program.  Provides that such funds shall be available on an academic year basis in accordance with specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Sets such grants at the amount needed by the student to pursue a course of graduate or professional study at the institution, but limits such amount to between $1,000 and $5,000. Prohibits regulations for such grants program from including any parental contributions as part of an expected family contribution to the cost of attendance. Provides that such grants may be made only to first- and second-year enrollees in graduate or professional programs who will be carrying the normal full-time academic workload and who meet specified eligibility requirements for student assistance. Provides that the institution, in accordance with the program agreement and from the amount allocated to the institution, shall select from among the eligible those who are to be awarded such grants and determine the amounts to be paid to them. Requires that at least 20 percent of the amount paid to each recipient shall be made available by the institution from non-Federal sources. Directs the Secretary to allocate program funds among institutions on the basis of the relative need for assistance of the their eligible students. Directs the Secretary to set deadlines for applications by institutions for allocation of such funds for any fiscal year. Authorizes institutions to use their allocations for grants to eligible students in such manner as the institution determines will best achieve the purposes of this Act. Redesignates provisions for fellowships for graduate and profesional study and provisions for the national graduate fellows program under HEA title IX (Graduate Programs) as provisions under HEA title IV (Student Assistance). Repeals provisons setting forth specified groups of individuals to whom grants are to be made under provisions for fellowships for graduate and professional study. Extends through FY 1989 the authorization of appropriations for fellowships for graduate and professional study. Extends through FY 1989 the period during which the Secretary is authorized to award fellowships (in the arts, humanities, and social sciences) under the national graduate fellows program.",2025-08-29T17:39:05Z,
98-hr-6380,98,hr,6380,A bill to provide for compensation with respect to former members of the Armed Forces of the United States for each day spent avoiding capture by hostile forces or as underground fighters while unattached to any regular unit of the Armed Forces during World War II.,Law,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,H000449,0,"Amends the War Claims Act of 1948 to authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to determine claims for compensation allowed to underground fighters. Defines an underground fighter as an individual who served during the United States involvement in World War II as a guerilla fighter or concealed himself from or escaped from confinement by a hostile force and who is a citizen, national, or resident alien of the United States at the time of enactment of this Act. Sets the rate of compensation at $5 per day of resistance.  Establishes the statute of limitations at one year from enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.",2021-06-29T21:25:08Z,
98-hr-6381,98,hr,6381,Uniformed Services Dental Officers Special Pay Act of 1984,Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4]",MD,R,H000747,0,Uniformed Services Dental Officers Special Pay Act of 1984 - Revises both the amount of special pay to which a dental officer is entitled and the amount of time a dental officer must have served on active duty in a specified category to be entitled to special pay. Sets forth special pay provisions for dental officers undergoing residency training. Requires specified officers receiving additional special pay to agree to remain on active duty for at least one more year.  Requires an officer breaking such agreement to refund a prorated amount.  Permits the Secretary of the relevant military department to terminate such additional pay at will.,2025-08-29T17:38:33Z,
98-hr-6382,98,hr,6382,A bill to provide that amounts received by any employer under the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Program Act of 1983 in connection with the employment of any veteran shall be excluded from gross income of the employer.,Taxation,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Leath, Marvin [D-TX-11]",TX,D,L000180,1,Provides that amounts received by an employer under the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Program Act of 1983 in connection with the employment of any veteran shall be excluded from the gross income of the employer.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6383,98,hr,6383,Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act of 1984,Health,1984-10-03,1984-10-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]",WI,R,P000265,0,"Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act of 1984 - Title I:  Multicare Program - Permits every U.S. resident to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a ""Medicard"" which can be:  (1) used to purchase health care services on a fee-for-service basis; (2) exchanged for health care insurance; or (3) exchanged for the provision of health care services from a prepaid provider. Directs the Secretary to establish fee schedules for services and prescription drugs which will set the maximum ""Medicard"" payment amounts.  Provides for reimbursement to a fee-for-service provider: (1) in the case of a charge which is less than the fee schedule charge,  of the lesser of the amount charged or 80 percent of the fee schedule charge; or (2) in the case of a charge which is more than the fee schedule charge, of 80 percent of the fee schedule charge by any amount exceeding the fee schedule.  Provides that in the case of inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals, the payment amounts shall be 100 percent instead of 80 percent, reduced by coinsurance amounts of:  (1) ten percent for the first ten days of inpatient hospital services in a year; and (2) five percent for the next 50 days, with no such reductions thereafter. Reduces the amount otherwise payable annually to an eligible individual by $250, but provides that the reduction for a family of four or more shall not exceed $1,000. Sets forth exceptions to the provisions of the preceding three sentences. Provides that in the case of an individual enrolled in a health insurance plan or with a prepaid provider, the plan or provider is entitled to a capitation payment equal to:  (1) 95 percent, or 100 percent for Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals, of the estimated cost to the Government of payments of services made on the fee-for-service basis; and (2) 100 percent of the amount by which the per capita annual fee-for-service administrative costs to the Government exceeds such costs under the paragraph.  Sets forth the requirements for a qualified plan or provider. Sets forth covered services. Provides for catastrophic coverage for expenses incurred during that part of a calendar year after covered members incur, in the 15 month period ending with December of the year, covered medical expenses equal to the stop loss amount.  Provides that for a family with an annual income which is:  (1) not over $5,000, the annual stop-loss amount is $500; (2) over $5,000 but not over $7,500, the annual stop-loss amount is $500 plus 25 percent of the amount by which such income exceeds $5,000; or (3) over $7,500 the annual stop-loss amount is $1,125 plus 35 percent of the amount by which such income exceeds $7,500.  Sets forth application and income certification guidelines. Establishes the Multicare Benefits Trust Fund (the Fund) which shall consist of the assets in the Federal Hospital Insurance, gifts and bequests, and such amounts as may be deposited in or appropriated to the Fund. Appropriates and transfers to the Fund revenues from employment related hospital insurance taxes and other specified Federal health related revenues.  Creates a board of trustees for the Fund and sets forth its duties (which include reports to Congress). Establishes in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Health in the Department of Health and Human Services a Health Care Benefits Administration, to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the Secretary. Requires the Administrator to:  (1) educate the public concerning the operation of this Act; (2) monitor the delivery of services under this Act and report annually to Congress; and (3) determine the eligibility of qualified Multicare providers. Establishes in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health in the Department of Health and Human Services a Technology Evaluation Center for Health, to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary.  Requires the Director to: (1) gather and analyze data for use by the Health Care Financing Administration and by the Health Care Benefits Administration; (2) monitor medical technology developments and disseminate the Center's findings; (3) assist the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and (4) monitor and coordinate the technology evaluation activities of Federal entities. Title II:  Revenue Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on an eligible individual based upon the health care benefits imputed to such individual.  Imputes to the individual for income tax purposes payments made on behalf of the individual under this Act for health care.  Requires providers providing imputed benefit income to send to each eligible individual to whom services were provided a statement of the amount of income imputed. Taxes employer contributions to accident and health plans. Repeals the medical expenses deduction. Title III:  Conforming Amendments to Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Programs - Repeals part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII  (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Sets forth the additional benefits specified under this Act which shall be provided under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare.  Makes other Medicare conforming amendments. Coordinates the provisions of the Act with those of:  (1) Medicaid; (2) the Federal employees health benefits program; (3) the Civil Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); and (4) the Veterans' health care program.",2025-08-29T17:40:23Z,
98-hr-6384,98,hr,6384,SELF-Tax Plan Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5]",PA,R,S000146,0,"SELF-Tax Plan Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide lower income tax rates for individuals, estates, and trusts, and to reduce the number of tax brackets to four (three for estates and trusts). Repeals all the nonrefundable personal tax credits available to individuals. Repeals the earned income credit. Limits to corporations the availability of the tax credit for clinical testing expenses for drugs, the tax credit for producing fuel from nonconventional sources, the tax credit for increasing research activities, and the general business tax credit. Repeals all exclusions from gross income except certain listed exclusions. Repeals provisions relating to dividend reinvestment in public utilities. Limits the amount of scholarship and fellowship awards which may be excluded from gross income to the amount of tuition and related expenses.  Provides that payments for teaching, research, or other services may not be excluded as scholarship or fellowship amounts where the teaching, research, or other services are not required of all candidates for a particular degree as a condition to receive such degree.  Repeals the qualified tuition reduction exclusion. Makes certain exclusions available only to corporations. Repeals all itemized deductions for individuals and corporations except certain listed deductions. Repeals the additional personal exemption for age and blindness. Repeals the deduction for all consumer interest other residential property interest. Includes in the gross income of an individual any unemployment compensation or any government or welfare assistance benefits. Provides that certain employee benefits shall be taken into account in computing FICA taxes, railroad retirement taxes, unemployment taxes, and withholding taxes. Repeals the tax exemption for deposits into, and withdrawals from, the capital construction fund under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Repeals the capital gains deduction for individuals.  Limits the individual deduction of capital losses to a maximum of $3,000. Eliminates the distinction between short-term and long-term gains and losses based on holding period. Sets forth capital gains and losses provisions which are applicable only to corporations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study on how the incorporation into the tax system of certain tax principles relating to the taxation of income from a trade or business, the taxation of corporations, the elimination of preferential tax treatment for specific industries, and the taxation of individuals would affect the national economy, Federal revenues, and the competitive balance between corporations and unincorporated trades and businesses.",2025-08-29T17:40:39Z,
98-hr-6385,98,hr,6385,"A bill to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require that for purposes of making assistance available under the emergency feed program, the Secretary of Agriculture consider the nutritive value and suitability of feed available for particular types of livestock and poultry.",Agriculture and Food,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9]",MO,D,V000112,0,Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the nutritive value and suitability of available feed for purposes of emergency livestock feed assistance.,2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
98-hr-6386,98,hr,6386,A bill to amend section 331A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to forgo foreclosure of certain loans and to make an adjusted loan schedule available to the borrower providing for equitable repayment terms consistent with the borrower's prospective cash flow.,Agriculture and Food,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9]",MO,D,V000112,0,"Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit family farmers to request the Secretary of Agriculture for foreclosure deferrals and loan rescheduling based on prospective cash flow.  Requires a showing of:  (1) good management; (2) temporary inability to repay because of circumstances beyond one's control; and (3) reasonable chance of repayment. Terminates such program on September 30, 1986.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
98-hr-6387,98,hr,6387,"A bill to authorize diversion of water used by Alaska Power Administration from Eklutna Lake, Alaska, for the public water supply purposes of the city of Anchorage.",Energy,1984-10-03,1984-11-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,Permits a portion of the waters reserved for the operation of the Eklutna Lake hydropower project to be diverted from Eklutna Lake for public water supply purposes if compensation for reduced electric energy production due to such diversion is made pursuant to the February 1984 agreement between the municipality of Anchorage and the Alaska Power Administration.,2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
98-hr-6388,98,hr,6388,Miscellaneous Charitable Contribution Tax Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2]",NE,R,D000065,1,"Miscellaneous Charitable Contributions Tax Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt organizations subject to the unrelated business tax and private foundations subject to investment income tax to make estimated tax payments. Increases the percentage limitation on the deductions for charitable contributions to 60 percent of the taxpayer's contribution base for individuals and 20 percent of the taxable income for corporations. Increases from 5 to 15 years the period for carryforward of excess charitable contribution deductions. Permits a corporation to make a charitable contribution to a person even though the person owns part or all of the stock of such corporation. Provides that the present value of a gift of a remainder interest must be discounted at a rate of five percent per annum for purposes of the charitable contribution deduction. Makes various changes in the rules relating to private foundations, charitable remainder trusts, and charitable contributions by trusts to private foundations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a fee not to exceed $250 for any taxable year to process an application and prepare a written determination for recognition of an exemption from tax.  Directs the Secretary to impose a fee for filing an annual tax exempt organization information return.",2025-08-29T17:39:16Z,
98-hr-6389,98,hr,6389,A bill to repeal Revenue Ruling 84-132 which denies a charitable contribution deduction for certain contributions to athletic scholarship programs.,Taxation,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]",WA,D,D000327,5,"Repeals Revenue Ruling 84-132, which denies a charitable contribution deduction for contributions to athletic scholarship programs where the donation entitles the individual to preference in purchasing tickets to certain events.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6390,98,hr,6390,Indian Country Gambling Regulation Act,Sports and Recreation,1984-10-03,1984-10-17,"Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Justice.",House,"Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14]",CA,R,S000393,0,"Indian Country Gambling Regulation Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a penalty for the conduct of a gambling operation in Indian country. Exempts from such penalty certain lawful gambling operations. Declares such gambling operations lawful if they are conducted under tribal laws which have met the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and if they do not violate State laws. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall approve tribal law regarding gambling operations. Describes circumstances in which a State is prohibited from declaring Indian gambling operations as being against public policy.",2025-08-29T17:39:37Z,
98-hr-6391,98,hr,6391,Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act,Native Americans,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.,House,"Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16]",TX,D,C000621,1,"Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act - Title I:  Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Restoration - Redesignates the Tiwa Indians of Ysleta, Texas, as the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.  Restores Federal recognition, rights, and benefits to such tribe. Declares their reservation to be a Federal Indian reservation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept and hold in trust tribal lands conveyed by the tribe and Texas. Grants Texas civil and criminal jurisdiction within such reservation. Recognizes the authority of the Tribal Council. Retains existing State duties and responsibilities to such tribe or its members. Repeals the Tiwa Indians Act. Title II:  Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas - States that the Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas shall be considered as one tribal unit for purposes of Federal law.  Restores Federal recognition, rights, and benefits to such tribe. Retains:  (1) existing State duties and responsibilities to such tribe or its members; and (2) the existing tribal constitution and bylaws, except that the Secretary of the Interior shall assume all powers of review exercised by Texas or the Texas Indian Commission.  Recognizes the authority of the Tribal Council. Sets forth provisions similar to title I regarding civil and criminal jurisdiction, and the tribal reservation.",2025-08-29T17:41:24Z,
98-hr-6355,98,hr,6355,Industrial Development Action Grant Act of 1984,Housing and Community Development,1984-10-02,1984-10-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization.,House,"Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]",WI,D,A000224,0,"Industrial Development Action Grant Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make industrial development action grants to severely distressed cities. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing grant eligibility criteria setting forth minimum standards for determining the level of economic distress of cities. Sets forth the information to be contained in assistance applications. Sets forth selection criteria. Prohibits the Secretary from considering an application before it is presented for review to the Governor of the State in which the city is located. Permits a State Governor to apply for a grant on behalf of a small city (non-central cities of under 50,000 population). Permits grants to be made only where the Secretary determines that there is a strong probability that: (1) the non-Federal investment in the project would not be made without the grant; and (2) the grant would not substitute for non-Federal funds which are otherwise available to the project. Requires 50 percent or more of the funds made available for such grants to be used for central cities with populations of 50,000 or more. Prohibits any assistance to a project that will facilitate the relocation of any operation, personnel, or position of an industrial plant, facility, or other business establishment from any eligible city to the city in which such project is located. Requires the Secretary, at least on an annual basis, to make reviews and audits of grant recipients.",2025-08-29T17:39:01Z,
98-hr-6356,98,hr,6356,Natural Resources Severance Tax Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-02,1984-10-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]",WI,D,A000224,0,"Natural Resources Severance Tax Act of 1984 - Title I:  Severance Tax on Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on:  (1) domestic crude oil sold by a producer; (2) domestic natural gas sold by a producer; and (3) domestic coal sold by a producer. Sets the amount of such taxes at:  (1) $2.80 per barrel of domestic crude oil; (2) 16 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of domestic natural gas; and (3) $2.00 per ton of domestic coal.  Provides that no domestic crude oil, natural gas, or coal and no producer of any such oil, gas, or coal shall be exempt from such excise taxes. Title II:  Limitation on Amount of State Severance Taxes on Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Entering Interstate Commerce - Limits the amount of severance taxes which may be imposed by States on oil, natural gas, and coal.  Sets such limit at the amount of the costs incurred by a State which are directly attributable to the production within the State of crude oil, natural gas, or coal. Allows the Attorney General or any person who pays a severance tax to bring a civil action in a district court of the United States in order to enforce such limitation.",2025-08-29T17:39:23Z,
98-hr-6357,98,hr,6357,A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit flexible billing and payment arrangements where a physician substitutes on an occasional basis for another physician in solo practice.,Health,1984-10-02,1984-10-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6]",IN,R,B001149,0,Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit payment to be made to a physician in the solo practice of medicine who arranges for physicians' services to be provided by another physician on an occasional basis in certain situations.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6358,98,hr,6358,Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor Act,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-02,1984-11-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.,House,"Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]",IL,D,E000250,0,Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor Act - Establishes the Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor (the Canal) in the State of Illinois. Authorizes appropriations to the State of Illinois to develop the Canal for public recreational use.,2025-08-29T17:41:16Z,
98-hr-6359,98,hr,6359,Congressional Advisory Commission on Amateur Boxing Act,Sports and Recreation,1984-10-02,1984-10-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.,House,"Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]",TX,D,G000272,0,"Congressional Advisory Commission on Amateur Boxing Act - Title I - Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on Boxing for the purpose of making legislative recommendations to Congress based on its studies undertaken with respect to the establishment of uniform Federal standards for amateur boxing events. Permits the Commission to hold hearings, take testimony, receive evidence, and issue subpoenas.  Requires the Commission to report its findings and conclusions, together with any legislative recommendations, to Congress.  Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits the report. Authorizes appropriations. Title II - Federal Professional Boxing Prohibition Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to participate in professional boxing as a fighter, referee, coach, physician, or promoter.  Sets forth penalties for offenders of this prohibition.",2025-08-29T17:41:25Z,
98-hr-6360,98,hr,6360,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the tax credit for political contributions made to political action committees.,Taxation,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]",NY,D,L000556,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax credit for political contributions made to political action committees.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6361,98,hr,6361,A bill to make available for health and other humanitarian services to the needy a surplus vessel of the United States.,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-02,1984-10-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.,House,"Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-35]",CA,R,L000274,0,"Directs the Secretary of Transportation, upon application, to provide a suitable vessel to Hospital Oceanic, a nonprofit organization founded for the operation of a hospital ship to serve countries on the west coast of Central and South America and in the Far East.  Requires such vessel to be operated as a charitable vessel engaged in providing humanitarian services to the needy.",2021-06-29T21:25:03Z,
98-hr-6362,98,hr,6362,"A bill to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California.",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.,House,"Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3]",MS,D,M000865,1,"Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California, on land which is donated by the Romero Ranch Company.",2024-02-07T16:12:44Z,
98-hr-6363,98,hr,6363,"A bill to provide for centralized management and disposal of seized and forfeited property, and for other purposes.",Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-02,1984-10-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8]",VA,R,P000080,0,"Requires the Administrator of General Services to establish policies and procedures for: (1) the care and custody of property seized by any Federal agency or forfeited to the United States; (2) the transfer of forfeited property among Federal agencies, Government corporations, the District of Columbia government, and certain requisitioning non-Federal agencies; and (3) the disposal of forfeited property. Requires the net proceeds from any disposition or transfer of forfeited property, with specified exceptions, to be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.",2025-02-04T16:54:13Z,
98-hr-6364,98,hr,6364,Broad-Based Enhanced Savings Tax Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Moore, W. Henson [R-LA-6]",LA,R,M000923,0,"Broad-Based Enhanced Savings Tax Act of 1984 - Title I:  Reduction of Individual Income Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the number of tax brackets to four and to reduce the marginal tax rates in the four brackets.  Provides for a three-year phase down of the marginal tax rates ending in 1989.  Postpones until 1986 the indexing of the rate brackets, including the zero bracket amount. Increases the earned income credit for certain individuals and couples with children in 1985 to 13 percent of the first $5,200 of earned income.  Phases out the credit as the earned income of the taxpayer increases.  Provides for an inflation adjustment to the earned income credit. Increases the personal exemption deduction to $1,050 in 1985.  Allows a cost-of-living adjustment to this amount.  Repeals the alternative minimum tax for individuals, income averaging, and special averaging rules for lump-sum distributions. Title II:  Incentives for Investment and Savings - Subtitle A:  Depreciation Reform - Permits the taxpayer to take a deduction with respect to expense-method property in the year it is placed in service equal to the basis of such property.  Defines ""expense-method property"" as tangible property that is assigned to the 3-year or 5-year class for purposes of ACRS deductions and qualifies for the investment credit.  Prohibits the expensing of several types of properties. Provides that the deduction for expense-method property shall be phased in over a period of 5 years, with the complete allowance of the expense-method property deduction occurring in 1990.  Provides that the amount not eligible for the expense-method property deduction shall be eligible for the investment tax credit and the depreciation deduction. Provides that expense-method property shall not be eligible for the investment tax credit. Reduces the recovery period for 18-year real property placed in service after 1989 to 15 years. Subtitle B:  Savings Incentives - Allows an individual to establish a super savings account to which tax deductible contributions may be made.  Limits the maximum amount of deductions to such an account in 1985 to $7,500. Increases this limit each year to a maximum of $10,000 for 1990 and beyond (joint returns would begin at $15,000 in 1985 and gradually increase to $20,000 in 1990). Requires that distributions from such an account be included in the adjusted gross income of the individual for the year in which the distribution is made.  Provides that amounts in such an account pledged as security for a loan shall be treated as having been distributed to the individual. Provides that a super savings account is exempt from taxation. Prohibits deductions for contributions that are directly attributable to indebtedness which is incurred or continued by the individual making the contribution. Allows an individual to make contributions of stocks, bonds, or other readily tradeable securities to such an account during 1985.  Requires contributions and distributions to be made in cash, except for contributions made in 1985. Requires the trustee of a super savings account to file reports regarding such account as may be required by the Secretary of the Treasury. Imposes a penalty tax for excess contributions and certain prohibited transactions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study and report to Congress on whether the super savings account provisions should take into account any differences between common law and community property States. Title III:  Base Broadening - Subtitle A: Credits - Repeals the income tax credits for:  (1) household and dependent care services; (2) the elderly and disabled; (3) residential energy expenditures; and (4) political contributions. Provides that the credits pertaining to clinical testing expenses, producing fuel from nonconventional sources, and increasing research activities and the general business credit shall be allowed only to C corporations. Subtitle B:  Exclusions - Repeals the various exclusions from income for individuals. Provides that the exclusion of payments received to encourage production of strategic minerals and income from sources within possessions of the United States shall apply only to C corporations. Includes in the gross income of an employee the cost of group-term life insurance purchased by the employer.  Provides for the taxation of unemployment compensation received by the taxpayer during the year.  Includes in income amounts received as a pension, an annuity, or a similar allowance for personal injury or sickness resulting from active duty in the armed forces or as a disability annuity from the Foreign Service. Provides that the exclusion of employer contributions to accident and health plans shall apply only to contributions attributable to the providing of wages for periods during which the employee is absent from work on account of sickness or disability. Limits the amount of scholarship and fellowship awards which may be excluded from gross income to the amount of tuition and related expenses. Excludes from gross income of an individual income from sources within possessions of the United States. Subtitle C:  Deductions - Repeals:  (1) the deductions for taxes, moving expenses, two-earner married couples, and adoption expenses; (2) the additional personal exemption deduction for taxpayers 65 or over; (3) the deductions allowed to individuals for nonbusiness interest other than housing interest; and (4) the deduction for casualty and theft losses for individuals.  Increases the floor for the medical deduction from five to ten percent of adjusted gross income. Subtitle D:  Repeal of Special Capital Gains Treatment - Repeals the individual deductions for capital gains.  Limits the amount of capital losses deductible by individuals without regard to the distinction between long term and short term capital losses. Title IV:  Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for the provisions of this Act.",2025-08-29T17:40:38Z,
98-hr-6365,98,hr,6365,In-Flight Medical Emergencies Act,Health,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2]",MI,R,P000574,0,"In-Flight Medical Emergencies Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue final rules requiring passenger-carrying aircraft to carry medical supplies, drugs, and equipment for the treatment of in-flight emergencies. Provides relief from State or Federal civil liability for any licensed medical personnel or air carrier employee who renders emergency medical aid on an airplane or who continues such aid until arrival at a medical facility. Extends such relief to an airplane's crew and owner or operator for providing on-board emergency medical supplies. Makes such relief from liability inapplicable if the actions were done recklessly or with gross negligence.",2025-08-29T17:40:22Z,
98-hr-6366,98,hr,6366,Appalachian Transition Assistance Act of 1984,Economics and Public Finance,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4]",WV,D,R000011,0,Appalachian Transition Assistance Act of 1984 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to extend through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for:  (1) administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission; and (2) the Appalachian development highway system and local access roads.  Authorizes appropriations to the President through FY 1987 to carry out the purposes of such Act.,2025-08-29T17:39:12Z,
98-hr-6367,98,hr,6367,"A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to requirements that hospitals must meet in order to provide ""swing-bed"" service under the medicare and medicaid programs.",Health,1984-10-02,1984-10-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6]",MN,D,S000407,0,"Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit hospitals providing ""swing-bed"" services (long-term care usually provided by nursing homes) from being reimbursed for such services at a higher level than nursing homes. Limits those hospitals which can provide swing-bed services to those designed to hold fewer than 50 beds.  (Current law permits hospitals with less than 50 beds to offer such services.) Prohibits a hospital from providing swing-bed services unless at least 96 percent of the beds in the nursing homes in the region of the hospital are occupied. Requires swing-bed hospitals to meet the same certification, licensing, and staff training standards as nursing homes. Limits agreements between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a swing-bed hospital to 12 months.  Permits such a hospital to apply for a renewal of an agreement.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6368,98,hr,6368,"A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the adopted child of an individual shall be treated the same as a natural child of such individual for purposes of determining his or her eligibility for benefits based on such individual's wage record, regardless of the time the adoption occurred.",Social Welfare,1984-10-02,1984-10-11,Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.,House,"Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-22]",IL,D,S000423,0,"Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the adopted child of an individual shall be treated the same as a natural child of such individual for purposes of determining the child's eligibility for benefits based on the individual's wage record, regardless of the time the adoption occurred.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6369,98,hr,6369,Defense Petroleum Reserve Act,Energy,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Defense Petroleum Reserve Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish, maintain, and utilize a Defense Petroleum Reserve, with a specified capacity and drawdown capability. Requires the Secretary, within 270 days after enactment of this Act, to prepare and transmit to Congress a Defense Petroleum Reserve Plan detailing the design, construction, and filling of the storage and related facilities of the Reserve.  Requires the Plan to be designed so as to assure that the Reserve will provide immediate access to petroleum to be utilized for emergency national defense purposes as declared by the President.  Outlines details to be included within the Plan, including a comprehensive environmenal assessment. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations and take other specified steps to assure implementation of the Plan.  Allows the Secretary to store, transport, or exchange petroleum: (1) which is produced from Federal lands; (2) which the United States is entitled to receive as royalties from production on Federal lands; or (3) which is acquired by the Secretary for the Reserve.  Outlines objectives to be followed by the Secretary in acquiring petroleum for the Reserve. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Petroleum Reserve Account, with specified credits made to such account.  Prohibits the Secretary from using account funds for any purpose other than the procurement of petroleum for the Reserve. Requires the Secretary, beginning not later than January 1, 1987, to transmit annually a report to Congress with a detailed accounting of activities carried out under this Act.  Requires the Secretary of Defense, beginning not later than January 1, 1988, to transmit annually a report to Congress concerning anticipated emergency petroleum needs for national defense, together with any recommendations. Authorizes continued production of petroleum from the naval petroleum reserves.",2025-08-29T17:40:24Z,
98-hr-6370,98,hr,6370,Antibiotic Protection Act of 1984,Health,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4]",OR,D,W000227,6,Antibiotic Protection Act of 1984 - Prohibits: (1) any antibiotic drug certified for human use from being added in sub-therapeutic doses to animal feed or to feed ingredients; and (2) antibiotic drugs or agents not certified for human use from being so used in animal feed unless such drugs have been demonstrated not to increase antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans or animals.,2025-08-29T17:37:57Z,
98-hr-6371,98,hr,6371,Employee Ownership Promotion Act,Commerce,1984-10-02,1984-10-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization.,House,"Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]",WI,D,A000224,0,Employee Ownership Promotion Act - Establishes in the Treasury an Employee Ownership Feasibility Study Revolving Fund. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make loans from the Fund to eligible employee ownership groups to fund:  (1) feasibility studies to investigate the reorganization or new incorporation of an existing business enterprise as an employee owned business enterprise; and (2) professional services to implement such a feasibility study and to develop and insure the success of an employee owned business enterprise. Sets forth limits on such a loan. Sets forth the conditions under which an employee ownership group shall be eligible for feasibility study assistance from the Fund. Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-29T17:39:53Z,
98-hr-6372,98,hr,6372,Trade Procedures Simplification Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1984-10-02,1984-10-12,Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]",WI,D,A000224,0,"Trade Procedures Simplification Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit election of expedited procedures in countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations.  Requires the final determination of the administering authority to be made: (1) within 100 days of the filing of the petition or the date on which the investigation commenced in countervailing duty cases; and (2) within 175 days of the filing of the petition or the date on which the investigation began in antidumping duty cases.  Provides for extensions of such time limits in certain extraordinary cases.  Requires the final determination of the International Trade Commission (ITC) to be made within 30 days of the administering authority's determination in countervailing duty and antidumping duty cases. Deletes the provision which permits the suspension of countervailing duty investigations on the basis of subsidy offset agreements. Requires that the holding of a hearing by the ITC during an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation shall be treated as compliance with the hearing requirement for both investigations if the investigations deal with the same merchandise from the same country and are initiated within six months of each other, unless the ITC considers that extraordinary circumstances require a hearing in the course of each investigation. Directs the administering authority to reimburse a petitioner for reasonable costs and expenses in an investigation that results in issuance of a countervailing duty order, antidumping duty order, or suspension agreement. Authorizes appeals of antidumping and countervailing duty cases to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Establishes in the ITC a Trade Remedy Assistance Office which shall provide full information to the public, upon request, concerning: (1) remedies and benefits under the trade laws; and (2) petition and application procedures and filing dates. Requires each agency responsible for administering a trade law to provide technical assistance to eligible small businesses with respect to that law. Requires the ITC to include in its findings on the existence of injury or market disruption with respect to a domestic industry a discussion of all issues relating to the domestic industry's condition and the factors responsible for that condition. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the ITC for additional personnel.",2025-08-29T17:38:51Z,
98-hr-6373,98,hr,6373,Enterprise Zone Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-02,1984-10-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]",WI,D,A000224,0,"Enterprise Zone Act of 1984 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by this Act.  Provides that State and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation.  Limits the total number of designated areas to 60 (20 per year over a three-year period).  Requires that at least one-fourth of such areas be in rural areas.  Limits the period during which such designations shall remain in effect. Provides that the Secretary may designate such zones only if:  (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area (within a population of at least 50,000) or 1,000 otherwise, or it is within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on July 1, 1988, or three years after the publication of regulations pertaining to such zones, whichever is later. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress every two years a report on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. States that designation of an enterprise zone shall not give displaced persons from such an area any rights or benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Exempts enterprise zones from certain requirements relating to Federal environmental policy. Title II:  Federal Income Tax Incentives - Subtitle A:  Credits for Employers - Allows employers located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit for increased employment expenditures.  Sets the amount of the tax credit at ten percent of the qualified increased employment expenditures of the taxpayer for the taxable year. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Allows employers located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit for ten percent of the training expenses incurred for enterprise zone employees. Subtitle B:  Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for investment in certain tangible property located in enterprise zones. Limits such credit to five percent for zone personal property and ten percent for new zone construction property, including rental property.  Requires that the property subject to such credit be predominantly used in the zone, be purchased after zone designation, and not be acquired from relatives or related corporations. Requires the recapture of such credit upon any disposition of the property.  Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Extends the period for the carryover of the investment credit for tangible property in enterprise zones. Subtitle C:  Rules Relating to Industrial Development Bonds - Provides that limitations on the cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt industrial development bonds shall not apply to enterprise zone property. Provides that the termination of the small issue exemption shall not apply to industrial development bonds the proceeds of which are used to finance facilities in such enterprise zones. Title III:  Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of ""small entity"" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified businesses (as defined in Title II of this Act), governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations which pertain to the carrying out of projects or activities within an enterprise zone.  Requires agencies to approve such request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in continuation of the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement (including the Davis-Bacon Act and Fair Labor Standards Act) or which would present a danger to the public health and safety. Provides that such waivers or modifications of a rule shall remain in effect as long as the zone designations. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Title IV:  Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Zone Board to consider on a priority basis and expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. Title V:  Establishment of Insurance Program for Enterprise Zone Business Property - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish and carry out a national insurance program which will enable interested persons to purchase insurance against loss resulting from physical damage or loss of enterprise zone property. Directs the Secretary to encourage and arrange for appropriate financial participation and risk sharing in the program by insurance companies and other insurers and other appropriate participation on other than a risk-sharing basis.  Requires the Secretary to establish general terms and conditions of insurability which shall be applicable to properties eligible for insurance coverage under the program.  Provides that the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation the premium rates for insurance under the program and the terms and conditions under which such rates shall apply. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this title.",2025-08-29T17:41:31Z,
98-hr-6374,98,hr,6374,Comprehensive Child and Family Act,Families,1984-10-02,1984-10-19,Referred to Subcommittee on Health.,House,"Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-3]",VA,R,B000556,0,"Comprehensive Child and Family Act - Title I: Children and Youth - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require a public agency or nonprofit organization wishing to qualify for assistance under specified provisions to agree to:  (1) refer parents of an abused or neglected child to a local parental self-help group; and (2) assist in establishing a local parental self-help group if no such group exists in the area to be served by the agency or organization. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to research the effects of sexually explicit materials, such as adult magazines and R- and X-rated movies, on the emotional development of children under age 18. Requires such research to be conducted with individuals and groups who have worked directly with children in the study of emotional development. Prohibits the Secretary from conducting such research by obtaining information directly from, or conducting experiments directly with children. Requires such periodic reports to Congress. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add prohibitions against the creation, manufacture, or distribution of (or the possesion with intent to create, manufacture, or distribute) imitation controlled substances.  Sets forth certain penalties for the distribution of an imitation controlled substance by an adult to a minor. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add prohibitions against specified activities involving the introduction of drug paraphernalia into interstate commerce. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Exports Control Act to add requirements  for foreign countries' cooperation in narcotics control as a condition of assistance under such Acts. Directs the Secretary of HHS to provide for a study to compare the effects during and after pregnancy on:  (1) unmarried women who choose adoption; and (2) unmarried women who choose single parenthood.  Requires the Secretary to report such study's results to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions relating to deduction for adoption expenses. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to include infants at risk with life-threatening congenital impairments and infants born to unmarried teenage individuals among those children with special needs for whom it is the purpose of such Act to facilitate adoption.  Requires that HHS operation of a national adoption and foster care data gathering and analysis system be in coordination with other Federal agencies, including the Bureau of the Census.  Directs the Secretary of HHS to:  (1) establish, and encourage and facilitate implementation of specified types of quality standards for adoption services offered by public and nonprofit private agencies; and (2) encourage involvement of corporations and small businesses in supporting adoption, including benefit programs for employees who adopt children. Directs the Secretary of HHS to update a study of unlicensed or unregulated adoption placements under such Act and report the updated results to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of HHS to provide for a study on the legality of surrogate parenting and report the results to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require parental consent to medical treatment through the family planning services provided through financial assistance under this Act if the unemancipated minor who wishes to receive such treatment lives in a State that has not provided by statute the right to receive such treatment without such consent. Includes adoption counseling and programs supporting postponement of sexual activities as examples of family planning services for adolescents under such Act. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for a special lower minimum wage (to be known as the youth opportunity wage) for summer employment of persons less than 20 years old.  Makes a conforming amendment to provisions involving wage rates under the Job Training Partnership Act.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor the implementation of such youth opportunity wage and report to the Congress on the employment effects of such wage. Directs the Secretary of HHS to provide for a study to determine the effects of divorce and parental absence on children and adolescents and report the study's results to the Congress within 18 months after enactment of this Act. Title II:  Family Assistance - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for increases in the earned income credit.  Conforms advance payment of such credit to such increases. Revises the applicable percentage for the income tax credit for household and dependent care expenses to a maximum of 50 percent reduced by two percentage points for each $1,000 by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year exceeds $15,000. Repeals provisions relating to the application of such credit with other credits Redesignates provisions relating to such credit under provisions for refundable credits. Revises provisions relating to refundable credits to establish a homemaker tax credit. Revises the Social Security Act to remove certain maximum age limitations with respect to specified Medicaid coverage of disabled individuals. Revises Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to refundable credits to establish a credit for households with certain disabled dependents.  Makes such credit applicable to taxable years 1985 and 1986.  Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress by the end of FY 1986 on the number of individuals allowed such credit and the total effect on Federal revenues. Amends the Social Security Act provisions relating to Medicare coverage of hospice care. Waives specified hospice program requirements in the case of nursing care given by an agency or organization which:  (1) is located in a rural area or an area with a shortage of personal health services or health manpower; or (2) provided State-approved or licensed hospice services prior to September 2, 1982. Revises Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to additional itemized deductions for individuals to add provisions for contributions to qualified parental or handicapped relative care trusts.  Allows an income tax deductions for contributions to a trust established by a taxpayer to provide care to such taxpayer's parents or handicapped relatives. Limits the amount of such deduction to $3,000 for a taxable year.  Provides for the tax exemption of such trusts. Sets forth regulatory review requirements. Directs each Federal agency to publish a family life impact statement prior to or on the date of publication in the Federal Register of a proposed rule (or of any final rule which is not preceded by a proposed rule).  Provides that such statements shall consider the impact of the rule on the stability of the family unit, parental employment, and parental responsibility and authority. Title III:  Tax Equity for the Family - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to double the personal exemption for dependents. Revises Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to special rules for certain married individuals.  Allows a deduction for an individual retirement account of up to $2,000 for a nonworking spouse. Revises provisions relating to additional itemized deductions for individuals establish a deduction for volunteer service. Revises provisions relating to information concerning transactions with other persons to add provisions for returns relating to volunteer service.  Revises provisions relating to failure to file certain information forms. Revises provisions relating to deductions for charitable contributions and gifts with respect ot the use of a standard mileage rate for the use of a passenger automobile. Title IV:  Education - Subtitle A:  Choice in Education - Part I:  Educational Voucher Program - Amends Chapter I (Financial Assistance to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to establish a program of educational vouchers. Authorizes local educational agencies (LEAs) to use Chapter I payments to implement educational voucher programs.  Authorizes a State educational agency (SEA) to require LEAs to implement such programs.  Provides that if a State elects to impose such a requirement, the requirement must be imposed on all LEAs within the State.   Provides that if a State does not elect to impose such a requirement, each LEA shall have discretion to use such fund to implement such a program. Sets forth education vouchers program requirements.  Provides for distribution of vouchers to some or all of the parents of educationally deprived children.  Permits a parent to use such voucher to pay for:  (1) enrolling the child as a full-time student at a private or public elementary or secondary school located outside of the child's school district; or (2) services selected by the parent for the child at the public school of the child's school district under specified programs or projects to be provided by the LEAs. Allows the LEA or the private school to redeem the voucher for Chapter I funds according to a specified formula. Directs the LEA to provide programs and projects to meet the special educational needs of:  (1) children of parents who decide to use their vouchers for such programs and projects; and (2) children selected by the LEA for chapter I program participation whose parents do not receive such vouchers. Sets forth requirements for LEA applications which receive funds for such voucher programs. Provides that voucher payments shall not constitute Federal financial assistance to the private school or the LEA outside the child's school district. Provides that specified Chapter I provisions shall not be applicable to voucher programs. Sets forth requirements for nondiscrimination by private schools in the voucher program. Authorizes U.S. district courts, upon the filing of an appropriate pleading by the Attorney General, to make declaratory judgments with respect to whether a private school follows a racially discriminatory policy. Amends technical and conforming amendments to ECIA. Revises Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to disclosure to certain Federal officers and employees for tax administration purposes.  Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose, upon request of the Attorney General or at the Secretary's own initiative, any return or return information which is relevant to investigations and proceedings regarding private school racially discriminatory policies under the ECIA education voucher program provisions added by this Act. Part II:  Tuition Tax Credits - Educational Opportunity and Equity Act of 1984 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to nonrefundable personal credits to establish a credit for tuition expenses. Allows an income tax credit for 50 percent of the tuition paid to an elementary or secondary educational institution for any dependents who have not attained the age of 20. Limits such credit to :  (1) $100 in 1983; (2) $200 in 1984; and (3) $300 in 1985 and thereafter. Phases out such credit for families with adjusted gross income between $40,000 and $50,000 per year. Makes ineligible for such credit families with an adjusted gross income in excess of $50,000 per year. Disallows such credit for tuition paid to schools found to maintain racially discriminatory policies. Requires all education institutions which receive tuition payments for which such credit is taken to file with the Secretary of the Treasury a statement, subject to the penalties for perjury, declaring that the institution does not follow a racially discriminatory policy.  Requires a taxpayer claiming such credit to attach a copy of such statement to the income tax return. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon the filing of a petition alleging racial discrimination, to bring an action for declaratory judgment against an educational institution to determine whether the institution has followed a racially discriminatory policy. Provides that such tuition tax credits shall not constitute Federal financial assistance to educational institutions or recipients of such credits. Part III:  Tax Credits for Home Education Expenses - Revises Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to refundable credits to establish a credit for home education expenses. Allows an income tax credit for 50 percent of home education expenses of a taxpayer who provides an education in the home for a dependent. Limits such credit to $200 for each dependent. Provides for a phase-out of such credit which reduces the credit by one percent of the adjusted gross income exceeding $40,000. Part IV:  Education Savings Account - Revises Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to additional itemized deductions for individuals to establish a deduction for education savings. Allows an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the educational expenses (tuition, supplies, meals, and lodging) of such taxpayer or the taxpayer's child at an institution of higher education or a vocational school.  Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 (adjusted for inflation) for an account per year. Specified that no individual may be a beneficiary of more than one account during any calendar year. Excludes from the gross income of the individual who contributed to the account any amounts:  (1) used exclusively to pay the educational expenses incurred by the individual for whose benefit the account is established; or (2) transferred to a qualified State educational fund.  Requires the individual for whose benefit the educational savings account was established to include the amounts distributed from an educational savings account in income over a ten-year period. Exempts from taxation an educational savings account unless such account ceases to be an educational savings account.  Specifies penalties for the use of account funds for other than educational purposes. Requires the trustee of an educational savings account to make periodic reports to the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that payments made by an individual to an educational savings account for the benefit of his child shall not be considered a gift of a future interest in property. Subtitle B:  Local Control - Amends Chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to decrease from 20 percent to ten percent the maximum portion of a State allotment which may be reserved by the State for specified activities. Increases from 80 percent to 90 percent the minimum portion of the State allotment which must be allocated among local educational agencies (LEAs). Prohibits any State from being eligible to receive Chapter 2 funds if such State has laws or regulations that:  (1) prohibit individual teachers from bargaining with LEAs independently of any labor union; and (2) give more weight to seniority or academic credentials than to superior teaching performance, in the determination of teacher salaries. Prohibits any State from being eligible to receive Chapter 2 funds if such State has a law or regulation that requires teachers in private elementary or secondary schools to take any academic course relating to teaching methods. Title V:  Respect for Human Life - Prohibits any agency of the United States from performing abortions, except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Prohibits any funds appropriated by Congress from being used to perform abortions, to reimburse or pay for abortions, or to refer persons for abortions, except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Prohibits any agency of the United States from promoting, encouraging, counseling, referring persons for, paying for (or paying travel expenses for), or assist in the performance of abortions outside the United States, except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Prohibits the United States from entering into any contract for insurance that provides for payment or reimbursement for abortions other than when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Prohibits any person or entity, including State and local governments, that receives Federal financial assistance from discriminating agianst any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission as a student, on the basis of the person's opposition to abortion or refusal to counsel or assist in the performance of abortions. Prohibits any person or entity, including State and local governments, that receives Federal financial assistance from withholding from a handicapped infant nutritional sustenance or medical or surgical treatment required to correct a life-threatening condition if:  (1) the withholding is based on the fact that the infant is handicapped; and (2) the handicap does not render treatment medically contraindicated.  Requires the denial of any further Federal assistance to any institution or agency in violation of such restrictions. Provides a right of direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for any party in any case where an interlocutory or final order of a Federal court invalidates State legislation which prohibits abortions or infanticide and which is expressly based on the provisions of this title. Prohibits attorneys' fees from being allowable in any civil action involving, directly or indirectly, the provisions of this title.  Provides for the separability of the provisions of this title. Sets forth a prohibition against fetal experimentation.  Prohibits the Director and any employees of the National Institutes of Health and the director and any employees of any other national research institute from conducting or supporting research or experimentation, inside or outside the United States, on a living human fetus or infant, before an abortion (which the researcher knows or has reason to know is intended) or after an abortion, unless the researcher or experimentation is for the purpose of improving the probability of the survival of, or ameliorating developmental or congenital defects in, such fetus or infant.",2025-08-29T17:39:48Z,
98-hr-6375,98,hr,6375,A bill for the relief of John Jaramillo and Rosa Maria Jaramillo.,Private Legislation,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6]",CT,R,J000163,0,Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2021-06-29T21:25:07Z,
98-hr-6336,98,hr,6336,A bill to allow a deduction for a dependent who has attained the age of 65 to the same extent as deduction is allowable for a dependent who is a child.,Taxation,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3]",FL,D,B000371,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for a dependent who has attained the age of 65 to the same extent as a deduction is allowable for a dependent who is a child.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6337,98,hr,6337,Merchant Marine Defense Service Recognition and Medals Act,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-01,1984-10-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.,House,"Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4]",MD,R,H000747,0,Merchant Marine Defense Service Recognition and Medals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award decorations and insignia to members of the U.S. Merchant Marine performing meritorious acts or distinguished service.  Permits such honors to be of the same design as other comparable military honors. Authorizes the Secretary to cite any U.S. ship for outstanding or gallant acts. Permits the awarding of plaques for the ships and ribbons to the personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a flag and grave markers for merchant mariners who served the United States or its allies in periods of conflict. Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized manufacture or display of these awards or decorations. Repeals the Merchant Marine Medals Act.,2025-08-29T17:41:07Z,
98-hr-6338,98,hr,6338,A bill to repeal the provision exempting aircraft owners or operators from reimbursing the Federal Government or any agency thereof for certain Sunday and holiday overtime services.,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]",NJ,D,H000840,0,"Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to remove the limitation on charges for government inspection services at airports on Sundays or holidays. (Currently, such charges are determined as if such days are weekdays.)",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6339,98,hr,6339,"A bill to amend section 110(f) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 303), as amended, to increase the monetary authorization for the rehabilitation of the Illinois-Mississippi Canal.",Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]",NJ,D,H000840,1,"Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to increase the authorization for the rehabilitation of the Illinois-Mississippi Canal, Illinois.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6340,98,hr,6340,"A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake further engineering and design of water resources development projects following the submission of a report to Congress recommending implementation of the projects.",Water Resources Development,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]",NJ,D,H000840,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake advanced engineering and design of water resources development projects after submitting a report to Congress recommending project implementation.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6341,98,hr,6341,"A bill to amend sections 15, 19 and 20 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 409, 414 and 415) to authorize recovery by the United States of costs incurred in removal of wrecks from navigable waters.",Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]",NJ,D,H000840,1,"Makes a vessel owner, lessee, or operator liable to the United States for the costs of removal of a wrecked vessel from navigable waters.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
98-hr-6342,98,hr,6342,A bill approving the governing international fishery agreements with Iceland and the European Economic Community.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1984-10-01,1984-11-08,Became Public Law No: 98-623.,House,"Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1]",NC,D,J000256,3,"(Measure passed House, amended) Title I:  Approval of Governing International Fishery Agreements with Iceland and the EEC - Expresses congressional approval of the governing international fishery agreements between the United States and the European Economic Community and between the United States and Iceland concerning fisheries off the coasts of the United States as contained in messages to Congress from the President dated August 27, 1984, and September 28, 1984, respectively.  Authorizes the entering into force of such agreements. Title II:  Artificial Reefs - National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 - Requires artificial reefs in waters covered under this title to be sited and constructed according to certain standards in order to enhance fishery resources.  Defines ""waters covered under this title"" to mean the navigable U.S. waters and the waters superjacent to the Outer Continental Shelf to the extent such waters exist in or are adjacent to any State. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with others, to develop and publish a long-term artificial reef plan.  Requires the plan to address:  (1) criteria for siting and constructing artifical reefs; (2) methods for monitoring the compliance of artificial reefs with the permit requirements; (3) methods for managing the use of artificial reefs; (4) a synopsis of existing information on artifical reefs and needs for further research on artificial reef technology and management strategies; and (5) an evaluation of alternatives for faciliting the transfer of artificial reef construction materials to permit holders. Directs the Secretary of the Army in issuing permits for artificial reefs to:  (1) consult with and consider the views of appropriate Federal agencies, States, local governments, and other interested parties; (2) ensure consistency with the standards establish in this title; (3) ensure that the maintenance and financial responsibility for and the title to the artificial reef construction material is clear; and (4) notify the Secretary of Commerce of any need to deviate from the plan.  Requires each permit to require certain information.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the Secretary of the Army before issuing a permit for any activity relating to an artificial reef.  Sets forth the liability of the permittee and the owner of artifical reef construction materials.  Establishes civil penalties for permit violations. Amends existing Federal law to authorize the use of obsolete ships for use as artificial reefs (currently only Liberty ships are used).  Defines ""obsolete ship"" to mean vessels owned by the Department of Transportation which are insufficient for use in the national defense reserve fleet and which have been designated as an artificial reef candidate.  Transfers the authority of the Secretary of Commerce under such law to the Secretary of Transportation. States that nothing in this Act is intended to diminish or extend the current authorities of the Tennessee Valley AUthority or the States to regulate artificial reef development within their respective areas of jurisdiction. Title III:  Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention - Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide the legislative authority necessary to implement the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Directs the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, to appoint a Federal officer or employee as the U.S. representative to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to designate the U.S. representative to the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the Director, to decide whether the United States is unable to accept or can no longer accept a conservation measure adopted by the Commission and to notify the Commission of any such decisions. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register:  (1) notice of each proposed decision; and (2) notice of each notification made to the Commission on conservation measures. Authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, the Director, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to agree on behalf of the United States to the establishment of a system of observation and inspection and to interim arrangements pending establishment of such a system. Authorizes the Secretary of State, on behalf of the United States, to receive and act upon all communications from the Commission. Prohibits any person from:  (1) harvesting a marine living resource in violation of the Convention or in violation of a conservation measure in force for the United States pursuant to article IX of the Convention; (2) violating regulations promulgated under this title; (3) dealing with any Antarctic marine living resource or part or product of such resource if the person knew or should have known the resource was harvested illegally; (4) refusing to permit an authorized officer to conduct a research or inspection of a vessel in connection with the enforcement of the Convention, this title, or an implementing regulation; (5) interfering with an authorized officer in such a search or inspection; (6) resisting lawful arrest or detentions for violations of this title; or (7) interfering with the arrest of another person knowing that person has violated this title. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations to implement this title.  Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title. Provides for hearings and reviews of such penalties. Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enforce the provisions of this title. Sets forth the powers of the officers authorized to enforce this title.  Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of property used in violating this title. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction over cases or controversies arising under this title or regulations promulgated under this title. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Director to design and conduct a directed research program on Antarctic marine living resources. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the Director to furnish facilities and personnel to the Commission. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with appropriate Federal officials, to prepare plans for the directed research program for FY 1986 through 1988 and for FY 1989 through 1991 which shall:  (1) describe priority directed research needs for Convention implementation; (2) identify which of those needs will be fulfilled by the United States; and (3) specify the design of certain research.  Sets deadlines for such plans to be submitted to Congress. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to facilitate planning for icebreakers needed to provide a platform for Antarctic research. Sets forth the relationship of the Convention to existing treaties and statutes.  Authorizes appropriations. Title IV:  Miscellaneious Amendments - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act to authorize appropriations to the Department of Commerce for FY 1985 for:  (1) the Fisheries Information Collection and Analysis program; (2) certain fisheries conservation and management programs; and (3) certain State and industry fisheries assistance program.  States that such programs shall be distinct from certain other programs for which appropriations are authorized in such Act. Amends the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to authorize appropriatons for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out the purposes of such Act to:  (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Commerce; and (3) the Department of Interior. Amends the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act to authorize appropriations to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administation for FY 1985-1986 in order to carry out such Act. Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize (currently requires) the Secretary of State to allocate to foreign fishing vessels the yield of a fishing season which exceeds the amount that will be harvested by U.S. vessels. Authorizes (currently requires) the Secretary of State to determine the allocation among foreign nations of the total allowable level of foreign fishing. Requires such an allocation to be based on, among other factors:  (1) whether and to what extent such nation imposes import barriers or otherwise restricts the market access of both U.S. fish and fishery products, particularly fish and fishery products for which the foreign nation has requested as allocation; and (2) whether, and to what extent such nation is cooperating with the United States in both the advancement of existing and new opportunities for fishery exports from the United States and the advancement of fisheries trade through the purchase of fish and fishery products from U.S. fisherman. Requires any fishery management plan and its regulations to be consistent with specified national standards for fishery conservation and management for the U.S. fishing indusrty. Declares that, for the purposes of such Act, the jurisdiction and authority of a State shall extend:  (1) to any packet of waters that is adjacent to the State and totally enclosed by lines delimiting the territorial sea of the United States pursuant to the Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone or any successor convention to which the United States is a party; (2) to a specified area with respect to Nantucket Sound; and (3) to specified waters of southeastern Alaska (for the purpose of regulating fishing for other than any species of crab). Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to export or aid in the development of foreign markets for agricultural commodities (including fish and fish products without regard to whether such fish are harvested in aquacultural operations). Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to include fish within the definitions of agricultural commodity, for purposes of such Acts, without regard to whether the fish are harvested in aquacultural operations. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, whenever the Secretary considers it desirable, to relinquish to a State or to a U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession, all U.S. legislative jurisdiction over lands or interests under the Secretary's control in that State, commonwealth, territory or possession. Title V:  National Sea Grant College Program - Amends the National Sea Grant Program Act to authorize appropriations to carry out such Act for FY 1985 through 1987.  Amends the Sea Grant Program Inprovement Act of 1976 to authorize appropriations for the sea grant international program for FY 1985 through 1987. Title VI:  Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act - Amends the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for FY 1984 and 1985 for the use of the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in carrying out such Act. Provides that the ocean thermal energy conversion facilities to be authorized and regulated under such Act shall be facilities located in whole or in part between the highwater mark and the seaward boundary of the territorial sea. Prohibits the issuance of a license for the ownership, construction, or operation of an ocean thermal energy conversion facility if the proposed facility will be documented under the laws of a foreign nation. Provides that marine environmental protection and safety regulations shall apply only to ocean thermal energy conversion facilities which have major components other than water intake or discharge pipes located seaward of the highwater mark. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Requires the Administrator to report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the administration of the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 at the end of each fiscal year.  (Under current law, the Administrator must report on the administration of such Act through FY 1983.) Requires the Administrator to report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the steps the Government is taking and plans to take to promote the export potential of ocean thermal energy conversion components, facilities, and plantships manufactured by U.S. industry. Prohibits the Administrator from taking final action on an application for a license for the ownership, construction, or operation of an ocean thermal energy conversion plantship or facility unless the applicant has paid to the Administrator a reasonable administrative fee which shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. Title VII:  Exposure Suits - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require exposure suits on vessels designated by the Secretary that operate in certain areas of the Atlantic Ocean.  Prohibits excluding a vessel from this requirement only because that vessel carries other life-saving equipment. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish standards for such exposure suits.  Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this title. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to report to Congress within six months of the enactment of this title on the benefits and disadvantages of requiring exposure suits on vessels operating in other ocean waters.",2021-09-25T05:30:26Z,
98-hr-6343,98,hr,6343,Electronic Surveillance Act of 1984,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-01,1984-10-11,"Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.",House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,0,"Electronic Surveillance Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to extend the definition of ""intercept"" for purposes of the interception of communications to allow non-aural acquisition of the contents of such communications. Extends the prohibition against the use of certain evidence secured by intercepted wire or oral communications to cover the contents of communications intercepted in violation of the minimization rule and as part of a pattern of intentional illegality. Authorizes interceptions for the investigation of offenses involving tampering with or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant. Requires that applications for authorizations for interceptions include a statement of the investigative objectives, the specific targets of the interceptions, and specific reasons why other investigative procedures are not adequate.  Permits an ex parte court order to authorize interceptions outside the court's jurisdiction by a motile interception device, if such device is installed within the jurisdiction. Requires, when a court issues an order allowing interception, that: (1) at least one of the parties to such communication be identified in the order; and (2) the court has found probable cause that virtually all the users of the designated facility or telephone are doing so for the object of the investigation, or for monitoring voices as part of such investigation. Allows the order to authorize physical entry to install an electronic, mechanical, or other device in situations where there is no other less intrusive means of effecting interception. Requires reports every two weeks to the judge who issued the order showing progress made toward achievement of the authorized objective. Prohibits any person acting under the authority of the United States from installing or using a pen register or engaging in video surveillance except as authorized by the criminal code with regard to interceptions of oral communications.",2025-08-29T17:37:44Z,
98-hr-6344,98,hr,6344,Rules Enabling Act of 1984,Law,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,For Previous Action See H.R.4144.,House,"Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]",WI,D,K000020,0,"Rules Enabling Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal judicial code with respect to the U.S. Supreme Court's power to prescribe Federal rules of civil procedure (including bankruptcy rules). Empowers the Supreme Court to prescribe rules of evidence. (Currently, it only has power to prescribe amendments to such rules, which are promulgated by Congress.)  Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to make recommendations to the Court regarding such prescribed rules. Authorizes the Conference to appoint committees comprised of judges and attorneys who will recommend the rules to be prescribed for Federal practice and procedure. Mandates the appointment of a standing committee on rules of practice and procedure whose function is to review all committee recommendations for consistency with one another. Provides for public notice of committee meetings for the transaction of business.  Specifies exceptions. Requires that recommendations or prescriptions for rules of practice and procedure be accompanied by:  (1) a proposed rule; (2) an explanatory note on the rule; and (3) a written explanation of the recommending body's action including minority or separate views. Requires the Supreme Court to transmit proposed rules of civil practice and procedure to the Congress by May 1 of the year in which such rules are to become effective.  Sets December 1 of such year as the effective date for such rules. Amends the Judicial Code to provide for a periodic compilation by the Judicial Conference of procedural rules prescribed by courts other than the Supreme Court in order to provide a current record of such rules. Requires the Conference to periodically review such rules for consistency with the Conference's rules of practice and procedure. Authorizes the Conference to modify or abrogate inconsistent rules. Provides that rules prescribed by district courts for the conduct of their business require public notice and opportunity for comment before they are made or amended. Amends the Criminal Code to rescind the power of the Supreme Court to prescribe rules of criminal practice and procedure for:  (1) trials held by magistrates; and (2) taking and hearing appeals to district court judges from magistrate-held trials. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands and to the Organic Act of Guam.",2025-08-29T17:39:43Z,
98-hr-6345,98,hr,6345,A bill to provide for an incentive for job training by reducing interest owed by States as a result of receiving advances under title XII of the Social Security Act with respect to unemployment compensation.,Labor and Employment,1984-10-01,1984-10-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.,House,"Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1]",CT,D,K000118,3,"Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to annually credit to a State's Unemployment Trust Fund account the amount paid by the State as unemployment compensation to individuals who, while receiving such compensation, were in an approved training program.  Provides that any such amount so credited shall be used to reduce the interest owed on the balance of advances made to the State's Unemployment Trust Fund account. Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Act to require a State's annual report to the Secretary of Labor to include certain information concerning unemployment compensation paid to individuals in approved training programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress annually concerning unemployment compensation paid to individuals in training.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
98-hr-6346,98,hr,6346,Child Molester Registration Act of 1984,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. McNulty, James F., Jr. [D-AZ-5]",AZ,D,M000589,3,"Child Molester Registration Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that any person subject to special parole who fails to register as required by State law shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years. Defines ""special parole"" as a condition of parole imposed by a State court upon a person convicted of an offense involving sexually motivated violence that such person register his presence with a local authority.",2025-08-29T17:39:42Z,
98-hr-6347,98,hr,6347,"A bill to designate the Federal Building in Akron, Ohio, as the ""Paul C. Weick Federal Building and United States Court House"".",Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14]",OH,D,S000230,0,"Designates the Federal Building in Akron, Ohio, as the Paul C. Weick Federal Building and United States Courthouse.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,