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-s-3096,98,s,3096,Infant Formula Amendments of 1984,Health,1984-10-12,1984-10-23,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH]",OH,D,M000678,0,"Infant Formula Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish uniform infant formula quality control regulations. Requires manufacturers to test each batch of formula for required nutrients and nutrient levels prior to sale and periodically thereafter.",2025-08-29T17:38:55Z,
98-s-3087,98,s,3087,A bill for the relief of Sukhjit Kuldip Singh Saund.,Private Legislation,1984-10-11,1984-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3088,98,s,3088,"A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to assist eligible veterans to complete certain programs or courses after the delimiting date for educational assistance relating to such programs or courses.",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-11,1984-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,1,"Extends educational assistance to an eligible veteran for as long as such veteran continues satisfactorily to pursue a program or course in which such veteran was enrolled on October 1, 1984.  (Currently, all such assistance ends on December 31, 1984).",2025-01-14T17:02:09Z,
98-s-3089,98,s,3089,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of incentive stock options.,Taxation,1984-10-11,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR]",OR,R,P000009,1,"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 must be exercised in chronological order.  Modifies the present $100,000 limit on the aggregate amount of incentive stock options which an employer may grant per year.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3090,98,s,3090,Small Business Consumed Income Tax Act of 1985,Taxation,1984-10-11,1984-10-12,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]",ID,R,S001138,0,"Small Business Consumed Income Tax Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business corporation to elect tax treatment as a ""subchapter W corporation."" Defines a ""subchapter W corporation"" as any small business corporation which:  (1) has 95 percent or more of its gross receipts for the taxable year in receipts which are not passive investment income; (2) has 95 percent or more of the aggregate adjusted bases of its assets in assets used or held for use in its trade or business; and (3) has not made an election for tax treatment as a subchapter S corporation. Allows such a corporation to make an election for treatment as a subchapter W corporation if:  (1) all shareholders consent to such an election; (2) neither the corporation nor any predecessor corporation has made a previous election; (3) the gross receipts for the taxable year in which the election is made do not exceed $20,000,000; and (4) the aggregate adjusted bases of such corporation's assets do not exceed $5,000,000.  Provides that such an election shall be effective for the taxable year in which made and the nine succeeding taxable years.  Provides that the income of a qualified subchapter W corporation shall not be taxable to the corporation during such ten year election period.  Permits the termination of such an election by revocation. Provides that actual or deemed distributions of cash or other property to a shareholder of a subchapter W corporation shall be treated as ordinary income of the shareholder to the extent of his or her pro rata share of the earnings and profits of the corporation.  Provides that deemed distributions shall include:  (1) taxable income of the subchapter W corporation to the extent its taxable income exceeds $1,000,000; (2) loans made by such a corporation to a shareholder or a person related to the shareholder; and (3) guarantees by such a corporation of loans made to a shareholder or a related person. Allows each shareholder of a subchapter W corporation:  (1) an income tax deduction for his or her pro rata share of any net operating loss incurred by the corporation during the taxable year; and (2) an income tax credit for his or her pro rata share of any income tax credits not used by the corporation during the taxable year. Treats as ordinary income any gain realized on the sale or exchange of stock in a subchapter W corporation to the extent of the selling shareholder's pro rata share of accumulated earnings.",2025-08-29T17:38:49Z,
98-s-3091,98,s,3091,A bill relating to the shortage of zinc.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1984-10-11,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.",Senate,"Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]",ID,R,S001138,0,"Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to:  (1) all zinc bearing ores; and (2) unwrought zinc through December 31, 1986.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3092,98,s,3092,Indian Reservation Special Magistrate and Law Enforcement Act of 1984,Native Americans,1984-10-11,1985-01-03,"Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held at Great Falls, Mt. Hearings printed:  S.Hrg. 98-1282.",Senate,"Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]",MT,D,M000635,0,"Indian Reservation Special Magistrate and Law Enforcement Act of 1984 - Amends the judicial code to provide for the Presidential appointment of special magistrates to serve on Indian reservations and specified Indian areas which are under Federal criminal jurisdiction.  Sets forth the qualification and compensation of such magistrates.  Specifies their jurisdiction and powers. Prescribes procedural guidelines for defendants appearing before such special magistrates. Authorizes certain law enforcement officers, including tribal police and Bureau of Indian Affairs police, to execute orders issued by the special magistrate in criminal cases within Indian country. Provides special magistrates with periodic training conducted by the Federal Judicial Center. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:41:04Z,
98-s-3093,98,s,3093,A bill for the relief of Wong Chan Kwai Sim.,Private Legislation,1984-10-11,1984-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]",OK,R,N000102,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3094,98,s,3094,"A bill for the relief of Winfried Heinrich Willi Grasing and Leona Ellen Grasing, husband and wife, and their children Holger Michael Winfried Grasing and Sandra Johanna Grasing.",Private Legislation,1984-10-11,1984-10-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]",OK,R,N000102,0,Authorizes the granting of visas and admission to the United States for permanent residence to four named individuals.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3095,98,s,3095,A bill relating to alternative minimum tax relief for certain insolvent tax payers.,Taxation,1984-10-11,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,3,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for purposes of the alternative minimum tax, any gain or loss from the transfer of property to a creditor in cancellation of a debt or from the sale or exchange of property under threat of foreclosure shall not be taken into account in computing net capital gain if prior to such sale or exchange the taxpayer is insolvent.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3081,98,s,3081,Law Enforcement and Investigative Officers Civil Liability Protection Act of 1984,Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]",DE,D,B000444,0,"Law Enforcement and Investigative Officers Civil Liability Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal judicial code to grant certain Federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction of civil claims against the United States for certain injuries or losses caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer while acting within the scope of employment but in violation of the Constitution. Empowers the head of each Federal agency to determine claims for money damages against the United States for such injuries or loss. Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount which an agency head may award without prior written approval of the Attorney General. Makes the United States liable for injuries or loss caused by an investigative or law enforcement officer while acting within the scope of employment but in violation of the Constitution.  Provides criteria for the measure of damages based upon certain circumstances and the conduct of the offending officer.  Requires that claims for such injuries must first be presented and denied by the appropriate Federal agency before the claims may be brought against the United States. Makes the remedies provided under this Act exclusive of any other civil action.  Deems such remedies an equally effective substitute for recoveries sought under the Constitution against the Federal employee in an individual capacity. Requires substitution of the United States as the party defendant upon certification by the Attorney General that the defendant Federal employee was acting within the scope of employment. Subjects Federal employees to administrative investigation or disciplinary action if their actions in violation of the Constitution result in a judgment against the United States or a settlement paid by the United States. States that Federal torts claims procedure shall not apply to:  (1) non-Constitutional claims; and (2) Constitutional claims arising from the activities of certain Federal instrumentalities. Retains the right of a plaintiff to a jury trial where a civil action is brought against a Federal employee in his individual capacity.",2025-08-29T17:38:48Z,
98-s-3082,98,s,3082,Partnerships in Research Act,"Science, Technology, Communications",1984-10-10,1984-10-23,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, National Science Foundation, GAO, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]",DE,D,B000444,0,"Partnerships in Research Act - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make grants to institutions of higher education to pay the Federal share of the costs of basic research projects designed to enhance new technologies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for such purpose. Allows an institution of higher education to use payments received under this Act in any fiscal year for such purpose. Requires the Director of the Foundation, for purposes of this Act, to prepare and publish in each fiscal year in the Federal Register a list of new technologies. Sets forth application requirements for such grants.  Requires that the non-Federal share of project costs be furnished by businesses. Directs the Foundation to establish criteria for approval of applications and to adopt approval procedures designed to assure equitable distribution of such grants among the States and among types of institutions of higher education making applications. Directs the Foundation to pay a Federal share not to exceed 50 percent of project cost for each fiscal year.  Allows the non-Federal share to be in cash or in kind. Limits to not more than two percent the portion of appropriations under this Act in any fiscal year which may be paid to any single institution of higher education.",2025-08-29T17:41:21Z,
98-s-3083,98,s,3083,A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 and the National Historic Preservation Act to include certain provisions related to the conversion of these funds to trust funds.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Baker, Howard H., Jr. [R-TN]",TN,R,B000063,0,Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 and the National Historic Preservation Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to invest the portions of the land and water conservation fund and of the Historic Preservation Trust Fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Specifies the types of investments which may be made. Provides that no appropriation from either such fund for any fiscal year may exceed the maximum amount to be paid into such fund for such year plus interest accruing to the fund from the preceding year's investments. Extends the authorization of appropriations for both funds through FY 1991.,2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
98-s-3084,98,s,3084,A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for grants to States for programs to assist pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers who might otherwise become long-term recipients of aid to families with dependant children.,Social Welfare,1984-10-10,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.",Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,0,"Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in carrying out programs which:  (1) prevent long-term dependency upon AFDC; (2) permit pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers to remain in school; (3) provide job counseling, employment readiness, job placement, and academic and vocational education services to pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers; and (4) integrate and coordinate services otherwise available to pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers. Sets forth:  (1) requirements a State must meet in order to receive a grant; and (2) reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a systematic reporting system capable of yielding comprehensive data on which service figures and program evaluations shall be based.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3085,98,s,3085,Act to Authorize the United States to Participate in Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty,Commerce,1984-10-10,1984-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,0,Act to Authorize the United States to Participate in Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty - Authorizes the United States to participate in and be bound by the provisions of Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (concerning application procedures for obtaining international patents). Authorizes the Patent and Trademark Office to act as an international preliminary examining authority whose duties shall include the collection and transmittal of handling and preliminary examination fees with respect to international patent applications.,2025-08-29T17:40:28Z,
98-s-3086,98,s,3086,"A bill to require the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on, and develop, human contraceptives.",Health,1984-10-10,1984-10-23,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to conduct human contraceptive research and development.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
98-s-3069,98,s,3069,International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984,International Affairs,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,1,"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 sale and to authorize the financing of that sale.  Limits the amount of the funds made available for use under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act that may be allotted to any one country in any fiscal year unless that country is a victim of communist aggression. Limits the amounts of the total funds other than the foreign currencies that may be allocated to any one country in any fiscal year. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support a negotiated political solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara.  Prohibits members of the U.S. armed forces from performing defense services under the Foreign Assistance Act or the Arms Export Control Act or conducting military education and training activities under the Foreign Assistance Act in the Western Sahara so long as the military conflict continues. Directs the President to submit a report to Congress which analyzes conventional arms exports and possible approaches to developing multilateral limitations on conventional arms sales. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should initiate discussions to limit the transfer by members of NATO to developing countries of conventional arms. Requires the President to consider, as a major criterion for determining the amount of funds which may be allocated for any country for FY 1985, whether that country's votes in the 38th United Nations General Assembly Plenary has differed from the U.S. position by more than 85 percent. Imposes a ceiling for FY 1985 on military assistance and arms sales credits and loan guarantees to Turkey.  Limits the portions of such amount that may be provided for military assistance, arms sales credits, and arms loan guarantees. Requires that Greece and Turkey for FY 1985 shall each receive the same proportion of foreign military sales credits at concessional interest rates and that the average annual interest rates for such credits for Greece shall be comparable to the average annual rates for Turkey. Reaffirms U.S. policy toward the eastern Mediterranean, particularly toward a settlement in Cyprus.  Reaffirms that the United States shall take full account of the observance by all parties directly involved in the Cyprus dispute of their applicable obligations under international law and treaties and that such observance shall be a factor in determining military assistance for Greece and Turkey. Authorizes military assistance for FY 1985 for Turkey or Greece only if the President certifies to Congress that:  (1) such assistance for Turkey or Greece is necessary to enable that country to fulfill its NATO obligations and will not upset the current regional balance of military strength; (2) Turkey or Greece is taking steps to achieve a settlement of the Cyprus conflict and is publicly committed to the prompt withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cyprus as part of a settlement; and (3) Turkey is continuing to return to democratic rule and to improve its observance of human rights. Authorizes additional appropriations for Economic Support Fund assistance for Cyprus if the President certifies to the Congress that an agreement has been concluded by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots which is supported by Greece and Turkey and which achieves substantial progress toward settlement of the Cyprus dispute. Declares that the foreign military sales financing authorized by this Act for Jordan is provided in the hope that Jordan will enter into direct negotiations with Israel to resolve the state of war between Israel and Jordan.  Prohibits using foreign military sales financing authorized by this Act to finance procurement by Jordan of certain advanced military equipment and prohibits making a specified certification under the Arms Export Control Act with respect to a proposed sale of advanced aircraft and military weapon systems, unless the President has certified to Congress that Jordan is publicly committed to the recognition of Israel and to prompt entry into direct peace negotiations with Israel. Title II:  Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1985.  Requires that Economic Support Fund moneys made available for commodity import programs shall be used, to the maximum extent feasible, to generate local currencies and such local currencies shall be available to support certain development objectives.  Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering the Economic Support Fund shall submit to Congress a detailed justification for the uses and purposes of the moneys provided under the Economic Support Fund.  Earmarks a specified amount for emergency assistance. Deletes the current provisions relating to:  (1) Middle East programs; (2) Eastern Mediterranean programs; (3) the prohibition of funds for nuclear facilities; (4) the special requirements fund; (5) Tunisia programs; (6) Costa Rica programs; (7) Nicaragua programs; and (8) Poland programs. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for:  (1) Israel on a grant basis; (2) Egypt; and (3) Lebanon.  Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should finance and, where appropriate, participate in cooperative scientific and technological projects in the Middle East. Prohibits using FY 1985 Economic Support Fund moneys for Syria. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for the Philippines. Requires that funds provided to countries in sub-Saharan Africa under balance-of-payments support agreements shall be used to meet long term development needs in those countries according to specified criteria.  Requires annual evaluations of the extent to which such agreements meet those criteria. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for Southern Africa and for certain regional programs in Southern Africa.  Prohibits using funds from the Economic Support Fund for education or training programs controlled by the Government of South Africa.  Permits such funds to be used for programs which clearly reflect in both their character and organizational sponsorship the objective of a majority of South Africans for an end to apartheid. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for: (1) Tunisia; (2) Cyprus; (3) Turkey; and (4) bilateral cooperative activities with Greece and with Turkey.  Earmarks a specified amount of the Cyprus funds for confidence-building measures between the two Cypriot communities. Requires that a specified percentage of the funds for FY 1985 commodity import programs shall be used to buy agricultural commodities or agricultural-related products of United States origin. Earmarks a specified amount of the Economic Support Fund moneys for agricultural activities in Poland which are managed by the Polish Catholic Church or nongovernmental organizations. Title III:  Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for agricultural development programs.  Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for disaster relief assistance in Africa. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for population planning and health programs. Prohibits using population planning funds to carry out population planning programs in the People's Republic of China or for contributions to any international organization or any private or voluntary organization which carries out a population planning program in such country if the program includes forced or coerced abortion. Earmarks specified percentages of the population planning funds for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and for the Office of Population in the Agency for International Development.  Directs the President to promote activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such activities (the Child Survival Fund). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for:  (1) education and human resources development; (2) development of indigenous energy resources; (3) the private sector revolving fund; (4) the United Nations Decade for Women; (5) the Sahel development program; and (6) private and voluntary organizations.  Requires the President to report to Congress within 90 (currently 30) days of deciding to continue support for the programs of private and voluntary organizations in countries which antedate a prohibition against aid to such countries. Recognizes that cooperatives provide an opportunity for people to participate directly in democratic decisionmaking.  Requires that development assistance shall be provided to cooperatives which offer large numbers of low- and middle-income people in developing countries an opportunity to participate in democratic decisionmaking. Directs the President to use certain poverty measurement standards in determining target populations for U.S. development assistance and to strengthen U.S. efforts to ensure that a substantial percentage of development assistance directly improves the lives of the poor majority.  Requires that development activities designed to increase the institutional capabilities of private organizations or governments or that attempt to stimulate scientific and technological research be designed and monitored to insure that the ultimate beneficiaries of these activities are the poor majority.  Requires that the annual report to Congress on foreign assistance include an evaluation of the extent to which development programs directly benefit the poor majority. Recognizes that shelter, including essential urban development services, is among the most fundamental of human needs.  Changes the term ""housing"" in the housing guarantees provisions to ""shelter"".  Increases the ceiling on the total principal amount of outstanding housing guarantees.  Extends the authority for such provisions through September 30, 1986. Authorizes the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance, in order to meet obligations pursuant to certain Federal loan guarantees, to borrow from the Treasury subject to specified limitations. Provides that the agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs shall not be limited to Latin American countries.  Extends the authority for such programs through September 30, 1986. Earmarks ten percent of the total FY 1985 development assistance funds for activities of economically and socially disadvantaged enterprises, historically Black colleges and universities, and private and voluntary organizations which are controlled by individuals who are Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, or who are economically and socially disadvantaged. Increases the amount the President is authorized to spend to aid disadvantaged children in Asia. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1985.  Extends the authority of the Foundation until September 30, 1990. Title IV:  Economic Policy Initiative for Africa - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to promote growth-oriented policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa.  Prohibits providing assistance to any country the government of which has historically misappropriated significant portions of its revenues for private purposes. Requires that agreements providing funds to finance imports by countries in sub-Saharan Africa under sector programs shall require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries according to specified criteria.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985. Directs the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to consult with the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees regarding the countries to receive assistance under this title. Lists information to be included in such consultation. Requires the Administrator of such agency to report annually to such congressional committees on the degree to which recipient countries have complied with the economic policy reforms assisted by this title. Title V:  Other Assistance Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for American schools and hospitals abroad and for international organizations and programs.  Earmarks specified amounts for specified international organizations and programs. Prohibits funds authorized for international organizations and programs from being made available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for the Palestine Liberation Organization or for projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it.  Directs the Secretary of State to review at least annually and to report to Congress on U.S. contributions to international organizations and programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international narcotics control. Requires the President's report to Congress on the international narcotics control program for the last quarter of each fiscal year to include a yearly total of obligations and expenditures made and of equipment provided to carry out the program.  Requires a mid-year report to Congress by August 1 of each year on activities and operations to carry out the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for:  (1) international disaster assistance; (2) antiterrorism assistance; (3) trade and development programs; and (4) the operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 development assistance funds to aid refugees and displaced persons in Africa. Authorizes funding for the American University of Beirut for FY 1985 out of the funds provided by this Act for American schools and hospitals abroad and for the Economic Support Fund. Directs the Secretary of State to conduct a study of what means would be most appropriate to continue such a level of financial aid to the American University of Beirut. Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to establish a title within such Act which establishes an undergraduate scholarship program designed to bring disadvantaged students from developing countries to the United States to study. Directs the President to provide scholarships for citizens and nationals of developing countries who have completed their secondary education and who would not otherwise be able to study in the United States to study at an American school. Requires such scholarships to be in the form of grants and loans.  Sets forth guidelines for the program.  Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with foreign governments in furtherance of such program. Requires the Board of Foreign Scholarships to advise and assist the President in discharging such program.  Urges the President to take steps to expand the opportunities for Americans from all economic classes to study in developing countries.  Requires the President to report to Congress annually on such program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to urge the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance programs to increase assistance for scholarships for students of limited means to study in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for such scholarship programs for Latin America and the Caribbean.  Requires the principal emphasis of such programs to be on financing undergraduate education and technical training.  Requires such programs, to the maximum extent practicable, to use schools in Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the United States that can offer appropriate education and training to individuals who cannot learn English before participating in these programs. Declares that the Agency for International Development and the U.S. Information Agency should convene a conference or educational exchange programs sponsored by the United States. Requires the President to report to Congress, by January 1, 1985, on:  (1) the role that educational and technical institutions in the Virgin Islands could play in the development of the Eastern Caribbean region and how these institutions might be upgraded; (2) the role that such institutions in Puerto Rico could play in the development of the Caribbean and Central American region and how those institutions might develop programs to provide educational and technical training to students in that region. Title VI:  Food for Peace Program - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize commodities which the U.S. has donated for famine relief to be furnished for direct distribution, sale, barter, or other appropriate disposition.  Requires that consideration be given, in the case of famine relief commodities distributed by nonprofit voluntary agencies, to nutritional and development objectives as established by those agencies.  Requires that, in carrying out food for development programs, consideration shall be given to using the expertise of U.S. nonprofit voluntary agencies and cooperatives. Limits the amount of the funds available for FY 1985 to carry out the Agricultural Trade and Development Act of 1954 that shall be used for the farmer-to-farmer food production assistance program and for the recruitment and training of persons for the farmer-to-farmer program.  Requires the Administrator for the Agency for International Development (AID) to report to Congress within 120 days of enactment of this Act on the manner in which the Agency intends to implement that program.  Requires the President to report annually to Congress on planned programing of famine relief for the coming year. Title VII:  Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations to carry out such Act for FY 1985. Declares that it is U.S. policy to provide, to the maximum extent possible, opportunities for service in the Peace Corps to at least 10,000 individuals by the end of FY 1988 and thereafter. Directs the President to include in the annual report on the Peace Corps to Congress a description of the plans to carry out that policy. Provides that certain employment requirements of the Peace Corps Act do not apply to foreign national employees. Authorizes the sale of technical publications produced by the Peace Corps. Permits a specified amount of the proceeds of such sales to be credited to the currently applicable appropriation of the Peace Corps. Title VIII:  Latin American and the Caribbean - Prohibits providing international military education and training for FY 1985 for Uruguay.  Permits such assistance for Paraguay for FY 1985 only if Paraguay extradites Joseph Mengele. Declares that to the maximum extent possible development assistance and Economic Support Fund assistance for Haiti should be provided through private and voluntary agencies. Permits the obligation for the Government of Haiti of FY 1985 funds for development assistance, Economic Support Fund programs, and international military education and training only if the President determines that Haiti:  (1) is continuing to cooperate in halting illegal emigration to the United States; (2) is cooperating fully in implementing U.S. development, food, and other economic assistance programs; (3) is continuing to comply with the fiscal performance targets set by the International Monetary Fund; and (4) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the human rights situation.  Requires the President to report to Congress every six months on the extent to which Haiti's actions are consistent with those conditions. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, military assistance or assistance under the Arms Export Control Act for Haiti for FY 1984 or 1985. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to earmark a specified amount of the FY 1985 Economic Support Fund authorization for:  (1) Peru; (2) Bolivia; (3) Ecuador; and (4) countries in the Eastern Caribbean. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 for assistance to the Dominican Republic. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to require the Inter-American Foundation to place primary emphasis on the enhancement of the access of poor people to essential resources and services and on the promotion of social justice and socio-economic development.  Directs the Inter-American Foundation to carry out its purposes through and in response to organizations indigenous to Latin America and the Caribbean.  Requires the Inter-American Foundation to make its funding decisions independently and to advise the U.S. Government and the various Latin American and Caribbean governments of its activities in their countries.  Authorizes the Inter-American Foundation to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to groups engaged in peaceful activities for specified purposes.  Limits the amount of grants, loans, and loan guarantees that the Foundation may make for any particular project in any fiscal year.  Authorizes the Foundation to inform the U.S. public and multilateral development institutions of knowledge gained from its development projects.  Requires certain projects to have priority.  Requires that all members of the Board of the Foundation shall be appointed on the basis of their experience with, understanding of, and sensitivity to community-level development processes in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Requires the President of the Foundation to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Foundation.  Requires the staff of the Foundation to be employed on the basis of experience in knowledge of grass-roots, social, and economic development in the region.  Lists criteria for the President of the Foundation.  Repeals the provision authorizing the Secretary of State to detail employees to the Foundation. Provides that development assistance and Economic Support Fund assistance for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should be provided, to the maximum extent possible, through experienced private and voluntary organizations. Permits the use of foreign assistance funds for training or support of foreign law enforcement forces of a country which has a long-standing democratic tradition, which does not have standing armed forces, and which does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights. Directs the President to work in close consultation with the Latin  American and Caribbean countries which are major sources of unauthorized immigration to develop reciprocal trade and economic development programs of mutual benefit. Congratulates President Alfonsin of Argentina. Offers congressional support to him and to the people of Argentina. Declares that it should not be U.S. policy to protect the profits of private financial institutions with loans outstanding to Argentina and other Latin American countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take the appropriate steps to:  (1) encourage the restructuring of the Argentina debt and that of other democracies in Latin America; and (2) on a multilateral basis to develop plans for reducing the financial pressures on Argentina and other Latin American democracies resulting from the size and short maturity of their foreign debt. Expresses the sense of Congress that current procedures and laws of Mexico constitute a significant impediment to vehicles carrying international trade goods through Mexico. Directs the Secretary of State to begin negotiations to eliminate those impediments to international trade.  Requires the Secretary  to report to the Congress on the status of those negotiations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) take steps to place the question of Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking on the agenda of the United Nations; (2) request the Organization of American States to consider this question as soon as possible; (3) request other appropriate international organizations and international forums to consider this question; (4) make every possible effort to obtain extradition to the United States of four specified officials of the Cuban government and to make sure that the Cuban people are informed of the facts relating to international drug trafficking by the Government of Cuba.  Directs the President to report to Congress on actions taken relating to investigating Cuban involvement in illicit drug trafficking. Requires the President to direct the appropriate executive branch agencies to cooperate with the requests for assistance from the Royal Commission of Inquiry of the Bahamas which is investigating allegations of narcotics related corruption in the Bahamas. Requires the President to report to Congress on actions taken pursuant to providing such cooperation. Title IX:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Prohibits making development assistance funds available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for the South-West Africa People's Organization unless the President certifies to the Congress that such funds would not be used to support the military or paramilitary activities of the South-West Africa People's Organization.  Directs the Secretary to review at least annually the accounts of all international organizations receiving U.S. funding and to report to Congress on the amounts spent by each such organization for such purposes and the amount contributed by the United States to each such organization. Prohibits making development assistance funds available for the U.S. proportionate share for programs for Cuba, Iran, and Libya. Prohibits using foreign assistance funds to procure construction or engineering services from certain advanced developing countries which are not receiving any direct economic assistance from the United States. Increases the ceiling on certain foreign aid grants or agreements relating to construction projects.  Requires the plans for water projects to include a computation of benefits and costs made according to specified standards. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries for such time as the President determines if the President reports to Congress that such action is important to the national interest. Imposes certain notification requirements for program changes of funds appropriated to carry out the Arms Export Control Act.  Provides that the notification requirement does not apply to the reprogramming of less than $25,000 for international narcotics control or for international military education and training for certain countries. Directs the President to notify the chairs of the House Foreign Relations and Senate Foreign Affairs committees concerning any reprogramming of authorized funds in the International Affairs Budget Function. Requires the President to notify Congress, within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating funds to carry out the Arms Export Control Act, of each foreign country and international organization that will be receiving funds pursuant to such law. Repeals certain obsolete provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Removes the limit on the amount of foreign assistance funds that may be used to construct living quarters, office space, and supporting facilities for personnel carrying out foreign assistance activities. Doubles the amount that may be spent on the education of the dependents of such personnel. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on the economic conditions prevailing in Egypt, Israel, and Turkey which may affect their respective ability to meet their international debt obligations and to stabilize their economies. Reaffirms U.S. policy toward the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Prohibits negotiations with the PLO or any of its representatives and prohibits recognition of the PLO (except in emergency or humanitarian situations) unless and until the PLO recognizes Israel's right to exist, accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 238, and renounces the use of terrorism. Declares that the funds and authorities provided by this Act for the Middle East should help to promote peace in the Middle East. Directs the President to report to Congress by January 15, 1985, the extent to which each such country is pursuing policies that enhance the peace process and to recommend actions to advance the peace process. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all U.S. aid to Egypt is provided in the expectation that Egypt will support and fulfill the provisions of the Camp David accords and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Requires the annual congressional presentation documents for international security and economic assistance to be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees by February 1 of each year. Directs the President to submit an annual report to the Congress which assesses, with respect to each foreign country, the degree of support by the government of each such country during the preceding year of U.S. foreign policy, including the country's voting pattern at the United Nations.  Directs the President, in making assistance allocations under this Act, to consider the extent to which a country is not engaged in a consistent pattern of opposition to U.S. foreign policy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take all appropriate measures to:  (1) encourage Indonesia to allow appropriate international relief agencies increased access to East Timor; (2) encourage and assist Indonesia, Portugal, and Australia to facilitate the reunification of families separated because of developments in East Timor; (3) encourage Indonesia to allow free access to East Timor by journalists and human rights organizations; and (4) work with Portugal, Australia, and other countries and organizations to develop policies to end the suffering in East Timor. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should:  (1) increase its investigations of suspected instances of lethal chemical and toxin warfare; (2) encourage the development of antidotes to such weapons; (3) urge other nations to investigate suspected instances of such warfare; (4) help United Nations investigators gain access to areas where such warfare is or has been suspected; and (5) negotiate with the Soviet Union and other nations to strengthen existing chemical and toxin warfare treaties. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President to establish appropriate accountability procedures to ensure that all funds made available to carry out such Act are used for the purposes intended. Condemns the Soviet Union's war against Afghanistan.  Declares that it should be U.S. policy to secure the removal from Afghanistan of Soviet troops. Establishes a commission to be known as the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.  Requires the Commission to:  (1) identify and publish a list of cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings abroad which are associated with the foreign heritage of U.S. citizens; (2) encourage the preservation and protection of such places by obtaining assurances from foreign governments that they will be preserved and protected; (3) support demonstration projects to help preserve and protect such places; and (4) prepare and disseminate reports on the condition of and progress toward preserving and protecting such places. Requires the Commission to report annually to the President and Congress on its activities. Prohibits furnishing assistance to Pakistan and prohibits selling or transferring military equipment or technology to Pakistan unless the President certifies to Congress during the applicable fiscal year that Pakistan does not possess a nuclear explosive device and that the proposed U.S. assistance program will reduce significantly the risk that Pakistan will possess such a device. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support the holding of fair elections in Pakistan and to support the observance of basic human rights in Pakistan and other countries. Title X:  Central America - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for:  (1) foreign military sales credits; (2) military assistance programs; (3) international military education and training; and (4) the Economic Support Fund. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add El Salvador and Honduras to the list of countries which are authorized to have more than six members of the U.S. armed forces in their countries. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for:  (1) agricultural development programs in rural areas; (2) population planning programs; (3) health programs; (4) education and human resources development; (5) development of indigenous energy resources; (6) operating expenses for the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs; (7) the guaranty reserve fund; and (8) U.S. Information Agency programs for Central America. Increases the ceiling on outstanding worldwide housing guarantees. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out the Peace Corps Act. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 for the following programs in Central America:  (1) health programs; (2) education and human resources development; (3) development of indigenous energy resources; (4) Economic Support fund programs; (5) military assistance programs; and (6) Peace Corps programs. Directs the President to impose conditions on the furnishing of military assistance and economic assistance to El Salvador in order to foster political and economic development and security in El Salvador.  Directs the President to report to Congress on the policies of El Salvador for achieving political and economic development and conditions of security. Requires the President to make such report not later than August 31, 1984, and not later than January 31, 1985.  Lists information to be included in the report. Authorizes providing El Salvador with up to one-half of the total military assistance and financing approved by Congress if the President determines in the August 31 report that El Salvador has made demonstrated progress in achieving specified political and economic objectives. Authorizes providing El Salvador with the remaining military assistance and financing approved by Congress if the President determines in the January 31 report that since the first report El Salvador has made additional demonstrated progress in achieving those objectives unless, within 30 days of receiving the second report, Congress enacts a joint resolution stating in substance that Congress disagrees with the President's determination. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the total number of U.S. military advisers in El Salvador, excluding those involved solely in medical training or services, should not exceed 55 unless Congress is first consulted. Requires the President, before spending any Economic Support Fund funds to provide economic stabilization assistance for El Salvador, to be satisfied that the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador has implemented or taken appropriate steps to implement the major recommendations contained in a specified study on foreign exchange policy at that bank. Lists the major recommendations of that report. Requires the President, for FY 1985, to notify the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 30 days before introducing U.S. armed forces into any Central American country for joint military exercises with the armed forces of such country. Prohibits obligating funds for military assistance or for international military education and training assistance for Guatemala for FY 1985.  Prohibits issuing letters of offer of arms sales and arms sales credits and loan guarantees for Guatemala for FY 1985. Excludes from such prohibitions certain sales of training and equipment which relate to civilian engineering and construction projects and mobile medical teams. Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) the President should enter into negotiations with Central American countries to establish a Central American Development Organization; and (2) the establishment of a Central American Development Organization should be based upon specified principles.  Declares that the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act should be the chair of the Central American Development Organization and should carry out the functions of the chair under the supervision of the Secretary of State.  Authorizes the President to participate in the Central American Development Organization.  Directs the Administrator of AID to prepare a proposal to carry out these functions and to keep specified congressional committees informed on the development of the proposal.  Provides for the appointment of three members of the House of Representatives and three members of the Senate who shall be kept informed by the executive branch of all negotiations or discussions concerning the establishment of the Central American Development Organization. Requires the President to transmit to specified congressional committees any agreement which the President proposes to sign providing for the establishment of and U.S. participation in the Central American Development Organization at least 60 days before signing such agreement.  Requires consultation with those committees during those 60 days. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the prohibition against providing assistance to governments to compensate owners for expropriated or nationalized property shall not apply to assistance to a foreign government to compensate nationals of that country in accordance with a land reform program if such assistance will further U.S. national interests. Authorizes the President to furnish Economic Support Fund assistance to countries and organizations to strengthen the administration of justice in Central American and Caribbean countries.  Limits the amount of such assistance and the activities which such assistance may support.  Directs the President to notify specified congressional committees at least 15 days before obligating funds for administration of justice programs which were previously subject to the prohibition against providing police training assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the FY 1985 agricultural development assistance funds should be used for a comprehensive rural electrification program in Central America. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance, in order to enable the Export-Import Bank of the United States to determine that there exists a reasonable assurance of repayment, to provide guarantees to the Bank for liabilities incurred in connection with short-term guarantees involving exports for the use of the private sector in Central American countries.  Requires the short-term guarantees to be repayable within one year. Requires the agreement between the agency and the Bank to provide for establishment of a reserve fund.  Requires copies of the agreement to be submitted to specified congressional committees.  Terminates the agency's guarantee authority after September 30, 1989.  Limits the amount of commitments to guarantee such credits in FY 1985.  Requires the Administrator of the agency and the President of the Bank to report to Congress every six months on the amount and extension of credits during the preceding six months.",2025-08-29T17:41:53Z,
98-s-3070,98,s,3070,A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the tariff on live and processed geese.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1984-10-05,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department.",Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,0,Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the duty on live and processed geese.,2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3071,98,s,3071,Agency for Technological Innovation Act of 1984,"Science, Technology, Communications",1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA]",MA,D,T000393,0,"Agency for Technological Innovation Act of 1984 - Title I:  General Provisions - Sets forth the findings and purposes of this Act. Title II - Establishes the Agency for Technological Innovation, composed of:  (1) the Office of Innovation Policy; (2) the Office of Program Evaluation and Development; (3) the National Innovation Board; (4) the Interagency Coordinating Council on Innovation; (5) the Directorate for Human and Organizational Resources; (6) the Directorate for Enterprise Development; (7) the Directorate for Production Research and Development; and (8) the Directorate for Information and Technology Transfer.  Requires the Agency to be headed by a Director. Requires the Director, through the Assistant Director of Innovation Policy, to:  (1) conduct research, studies, and analyses  relating to technological innovation; (2) publish the results of such research, etc. in appropriate publications; and (3) report to Congress on current technological innovation issues by January 1 of each year. Requires the Director, through the Office of Program Evaluation and Development, to:  (1) develop and assess programs supported and conducted by the Agency; and (2) conduct research on the process of technological innovation. Requires the National Innovation Board to provide advice and assistance to the Director concerning the policies and programs of the Agency.  Provides organizational rules and authorities for the Board. Requires the Interagency Coordinating Council on Innovation to prepare and transmit to the Director every three months a report concerning its activities, together with certain recommendations. Provides that the Directorate for Human and Organizational Resources shall be composed of:  (1) the Division of Technical Education; (2) the Division of Manpower Training; and (3) the Division of Managerial Innovation.  Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including the evaluation of certain programs and the making of appropriate grants for technical training and educational programs. Requires the Directorate for Enterprise Development to be composed of:  (1) the Division of Cooperative Research and Development; (2) the Division of State and Local Initiatives; (3) the Division of Small Business Innovation; and (4) the Division of Capital Resources for Innovation.  Requires the Director to:  (1) study the development and formation of new enterprises; (2) make grants toward the development of cooperative enterprises; and (3) promote successful models for the development of new enterprises.  Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including evaluating and assessing of certain programs, making appropriate grants, coordinating research programs, and providing certain technical assistance. Provides that the Directorate for Production Research and Development shall be composed of:  (1) the Division of Manufacturing Technology; (2) the Division of Process Technology; and (3) the Division of Sociotechnical Design.  Requires the Director to:  (1) study and evaluate the state of the American manufacturing and process technologies; (2) provide guidance and financial assistance to appropriate learning institutions for curriculum development and equipment acquisition in order to improve such technologies; and (3) make appropriate grants toward the development of such technologies.  Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including the support of studies and research in manufacturing and process technologies and technological innovation impacts. Provides that the Directorate for Information and Technology Transfer shall be composed of:  (1) the Division of Mission-Oriented Transfer; and (2) the Division of Information Systems.  Requires the Director to disseminate information concerning, and to promote the successful use of, new products and technology.  Outlines certain responsibilities of the Director within each such Division, including the identification and promotion of products, processes, inventions, and patents representing new technology, and the establishment, operation, and promotion of centers for technical information relating to technological innovation. Title III:  Transfers - Transfers to the Director all functions of the National Science Foundation with respect to or administered through: (1) the Division of Policy Research and Analysis of the Foundation; and (2) the Division of Industrial Science and Technological Innovation of the Foundation. Transfers also to the Director all functions of the National Science Foundation relating to:  (1) the enhancement of scientific and technological resources of State and local governments; and (2) the study and evaluation of programs providing technical training to entry level employees and the impact of such programs on promoting the adjustment of such employees to technological innovation. Transfers to the Director all functions of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to or administered through:  (1) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Productivity, Technology, and Innovation; (2) the Director of the National Technical Information Service; and (3) the Director of the Center for the Utilization of Federal Technology. Transfers to the Director all functions of the following:  (1) the Secretary of Commerce relating to identification, promotion, and licensing of inventions developed by Federal agencies; (2) the Secretary of Energy relating to the identification and promotion of exemplary inventions relating to the development, production, and conservation of energy; and (3) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to the small business innovation research program under the Small Business Act. Title IV: Administrative Provisions  - Outlines administrative authorities of the Director in carrying out functions under such Act.  Requires the Director to submit an annual report on Agency activities to the President for transmission to Congress. Title V: - Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Provides for the transfer and allocations of appropriations and personnel.  Terminates the office of an agency when all such office's functions have been transferred by this Act. Provides savings provisions for all proceedings and actions already in effect when this Act takes effect.  Makes conforming amendments. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Sets forth the effective date of the Act, provides for the interim appointment of officers, and authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989.",2025-08-29T17:42:06Z,
98-s-3072,98,s,3072,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the forfeiture of proprietary rights to certain technical data by a debarred or suspended contractor of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,0,Provides that a defense contractor who contracts to supply a manufactured product and is later barred or suspended from performing the contract by reason of a conviction of any criminal offense committed in connection with a contract with the United States and involving an intent to defraud shall forfeit to the United States all proprietary rights in any technical data relating to the manufacture of such product.,2025-01-14T17:07:58Z,
98-s-3073,98,s,3073,Medicare Clinical Training Amendments of 1984,Health,1984-10-05,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,0,"Medicare Clinical Training Amendments of 1984 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting hospitals in carrying out approved graduate medical education and other clinical training activities. Sets forth:  (1) the method for determining the size of a State's grant; and (2) the requirements a State must meet in order to receive a grant.  Requires the grants to be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.  Limits the annual aggregate amount of such grants to a specified amount.  Requires each State receiving a grant to establish an advisory board to develop recommendations for State policy in supporting graduate medical education and other clinical training activities, and to advise the State with respect to grant allocation requirements. Excludes from reasonable cost the direct costs of graduate medical education and other clinical training activities.",2025-08-29T17:37:44Z,
98-s-3074,98,s,3074,Computer Software Protection Act of 1984,Commerce,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,1,"Computer Software Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the copyright law to prohibit the unauthorized rental, lease or lending, of a computer program for commercial advantage.",2025-08-29T17:39:02Z,
98-s-3075,98,s,3075,Toxic Substances Control Act Amendments of 1984,Environmental Protection,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,1,"Toxic Substances Control Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to revise the statements of findings and policy.  Refers to the need for more information about toxicity and human and environmental exposure in order to identify and control unreasonable risks presented by chemical substances.  Declares that chemical manufacturers and processors have a duty to be informed about toxic effects of such substances and mixtures and to take appropriate actions to prevent exposures that might be harmful to human health or the environment. Revises definitions to include the designee of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under references to ""the Administrator."" Includes any microorganism or other biological substance under the definition of ""chemical substance"" for purposes of regulation. Provides that an exclusion for pesticides from TSCA jurisdiction shall not be taken to so exclude exposures to chemical substances which occur during the manufacture of a pesticide. Includes under the term ""standards for the development of test data"" a prescription of environmental or human monitoring or other exposure studies for test data for a chemical substance or mixture to be developed and analyzed. Revises provisions for testing of chemical substances and mixtures to provide that standards also may be prescribed for environmental or human monitoring or other exposure studies. Requires the EPA to periodically establish test methodology guidelines which may be used for development of data prescribed in rules under testing requirements and in testing agreements under provisions (as added by this Act) for testing of large volume chemicals.  Directs the Administrator to review, not less than once each five years, the adequacy of the test methodology guidelines and make appropriate revisions. Deletes a requirement for an annual review of the adequacy of the standards for development of test data. Deletes the maximum limit on the total number of chemical substances and mixtures which may be on a priority list for consideration of testing requirements. Requires that interagency testing committee meetings relating to the priority list be open to the public and that announcements of such meetings be published at least two weeks in advance. Allows closed meetings to be conducted for administrative and personnel matters. Requires the committee, in making a priority list recommendation, to identify the chemical properties or effects for which testing is recommended. Sets forth a presumption that testing for the effects recommended is needed with respect to chemical substances and mixtures added to the priority list by the committee.  Requires manufacturers of the listed substances to either individually or collectively submit study plans for the conduct of such testing no later than 180 days from the date of submission of the committee's report to the Administrator.  Requires that manufacturers and processors of the listed substances be afforded an opportunity to provide evidence which demonstrates to the Administrator's satisfaction that such testing is not appropriate, in whole or in part.  Sets forth relevant factors to be considered by the Administrator.  Directs the Administrator to establish certain procedures for such decisions concerning the continued need for such testing.  Specifies that the Administrator is not precluded by priority list provisions from making the required findings leading to an EPA rule requiring testing of a substance based upon an independent analysis of the issues involved.  Makes specified provisions for exemptions applicable to testing conducted pursuant to priority list provisions. Adds to the membership of the interagency testing committee one member from the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Consumer Products Safety Commission. Establishes requirements for the testing of large volume chemicals. Makes subject to a test rule each chemical substance which is manufactured, processed, sold in, or imported into, the United States in aggregate quantities of 100,000,000 or more pounds per year.  Requires each manufacturer of such substance to test it in accordance with specified requirements.  Allows designation of other manufacturers or qualified third parties to conduct such tests and submit test data.  Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the effects for which such testing is required; (2) test procedures and guidelines; (3) alternative or innovative test methods and procedures; (4) a listing procedure; (5) generally applicable reporting rules and health and safety study submission rules; (6) test scheduling; (7) exemption and modifications; (8) certification of test results; and (9) inspection and audit. Adds to prohibited acts:  (1) failing or refusing to comply with any requirement for the testing of large volume chemicals; or (2) providing a false or misleading certification under such requirements.  Provides that each day after such a false or misleading certification is made shall constitute a separate violation until the day such certification is withdrawn and a complete and accurate substitute certification is filed in its place.  Disqualifies any corporation which knows or should have known that its certification is false or misleading from making further certifications under requirements for the testing of large volume chemicals for a five-year period (or a longer period determined by the Administrator after notice and opportunity for a hearing on the record).  Provides that the term ""person,"" when used in provisions for prohibited acts and penalties to ensure compliance with such certification requirements, shall include corporate officers and officers of other entities, in their personal as well as official capacities. Sets forth provisions for negotiated testing agreements. Authorizes the Administrator to negotiate agreements by which chemical manufacturers or processors will test the substance or mixture, upon EPA determination that adequate test data can be developed more promptly under such an agreement than under a test rule.  Requires such agreements to include specified elements described under testing requirement rules. Requires publication of the text of a proposed agreement, and at least a 60-day period for public comment.  Prohibits any such agreement from being based in whole or part on any information or data which has not been placed in a record which is public subject to specified confidentiality provisions. Requires that a reasonable basis for the agreement be provided by that portion of the record which is not confidential.  Authorizes modifications of agreements upon petition of any person or the Administrator's own motion. Provides that such provisions for negotiated agreements do not affect the Administrator's authority to subsequently promulgate an EPA test rule requirement for any chemical substance or mixture which is subject to such an agreement. Directs the Administrator to promptly promulgate an EPA test rule to require that testing be performed if a person or group fails to conduct the testing agreed upon.  Provides that specified findings requirements shall not apply to such promulgation. Adds provisions for EPA authority for expedited information gathering to support the current expedited review process when the Administrator:  (1) has made the requisite finding that there may be a reasonable basis to conclude that a chemical substance or mixture presents or will present a significant risk of serious or widespread harm to human beings from cancer, gene mutations, or birth defects; and (2) finds that the EPA's ability to initiate appropriate action under specified provisions to prevent or reduce to a sufficient extent such risk or to make a finding that such risk is not unreasonable is limited due to the lack of relevant data.  Authorizes the Administrator, under such circumstances, to perform or contract for additional testing and exposure studies which are reasonable and necessary to initiate appropriate action, provided that such activities are initiated within the 180-day expedited review period and the Administrator's action are published within such period.  Authorizes the Administrator to seek reimbursement for the costs of such testing and exposure studies from the manufacturers and processors of the substances. Revises requirements for manufacturing and processing notices for new chemicals and those for which there is a significant new use (the pre-manufacturing notice program or PMN).  Replaces references to ""a significant new use"" of a chemical substance with references to manufacture or processing of a chemical substance in a manner or for ""a use which may lead to significant new exposure to human beings or significant new release to the environment."" Authorizes the Administrator to allow a new chemical (or one involving significant new exposure or release) to be manufactured or processed when the PMN program notice review is completed and there has been a determination that specified actions concerning such notice will not be taken by the EPA. Revises PMN program requirements for submission of test data.  Makes it the manufacturer's or processor's duty to submit data which makes a specified demonstration to the satisfaction of the Administrator.  (Current law requires the submission of data which the manufacturer or processor believes makes such a showing.) Revises the required content of PMN program notices to include:  (1) specific information and data concerning the substance's physical and chemical properties, associated physical hazards and toxicological properties, and the manner, duration, magnitude, and extent of human exposure or environmental release; and (2) a reasoned evaluation, based on such data and information, of the potential acute and chronic human health effects and adverse environmental effects of the substance under its anticipated conditions of manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use and disposal. Requires that such data include certain test data recommended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with exceptions under specified conditions. Revises PMN program provisions for EPA orders prohibiting or limiting manufacture of a chemical substance for which a PMN program notice has been received pending development of information. Directs the Administrator to notify the manufacturer or processor who submitted the notice of the determinations which underlie such a proposed order.  Allows specific objections to the proposed order to be filed, within 30 days after such manufacturer or processor receives such notification, by such manufacturer or processor or by any person who is likely to obtain the chemical substance directly or indirectly from them.  Sets forth procedures for consideration of and determinations concerning such objections. Provides that such orders shall apply to the manufacturer or processor who submitted the notice.  Authorizes the Administrator to make such order apply to any other person, whether or not the person was a party to the issuance of the order, who:  (1) manufactures the substance for the manufacturer or processor; or (2) processes, distributes in commerce, uses, or disposes of the chemical substance after obtaining it, directly or indirectly, as a chemical substance or as part of a mixture, from such manufacturer or processor.  Provides that such order shall not apply to any person who has received a direct notice of the order either from the Administrator or under the following provision.  Provides that an order may require any person subject to the order who distributes in commerce the chemical substance, either as a chemical substance or as part of a mixture, to provide a copy of the order to persons to whom the substance is distributed. Provides that any person subject to such an order who complies with its provisions shall be considered in compliance with TSCA with respect to those activities subject to the order. Makes the exclusive remedy for judicial review of the Administrator's decision to issue such an order after consideration of an objection the commencement by the person who filed the objection of a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or the U.S. district court for the district of such person's residence or principal place of business. Requires such action to be filed within 60 days after the order becomes effective. Specifies that PMN program requirements apply to the release in the environment of any genetically engineered microorganism in any quantity for scientific experimentation, analysis, research, or development, whether or not these activities are noncommercial or commercial. Directs the Administrator, within one year after enactment, to promulgate a list of categories of chemical substances pursuant to PMN program provisions which authorize the EPA listing of chemical substances whose manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal, or any combination of such activities, presents or may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.  Requires that such list contain at a minimum certain categories of chemical substances.  Sets forth a table describing such categories.  Authorizes the Administrator to delete from or refine, by rule, the list of categories set forth in such table, on the basis that the chemical substances thus removed from the list do not meet the requirement of actually or potentially presenting an unreasonable risk through such activities. Revises provisions for EPA regulation of hazardous chemical substances and mixtures. Deletes a provision that requires the Administrator to use the least burdensome of specified requirements.  Expands the scope of such regulation by adding EPA authority to:  (1) prohibit the use or disposal of a hazardous chemical substance or mixture; (2) limit the amount of such a substance or mixture which may be used or disposed of; (3) limit the manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of such a substance or mixture, where such activities give rise to release to the environment or human exposure in excess of levels specified by the Administrator in a rule imposing the requirement; (4) require that such substance or mixture or its containers be marked with or accompanied by warning and instructions with respect to its manufacture or processing (in addition to other specified activities); or (5) prohibit or otherwise regulate any manner or method of manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal of such substance or mixture. Deletes certain limitations on the Administrator's authority to promulgate rules for such EPA regulation of hazardous chemical substances or mixtures under TSCA.  Directs the Administrator, in promulgating such a rule, to make a reasonable attempt to impose the least burdensome requirements consistent with the primary goal of abating unreasonable risk to human health or the environment in a timely manner.  Provides that the Administrator's judgment in this regard is discretionary and shall not be overruled in response to a challenge to such requirement except to the extent that it is arbitrary and capricious. Makes requirements for reporting and retention of information applicable to distributors, users, or disposers of chemical substances (while continuing the current distinction between large and small quantity activities). Authorizes the Administrator, as an alternative to a specified rule for reporting and retention of information, to require, by written request, any manufacturer, processor, commercial distributor, user, or disposer of a chemical substance to submit information to carry out TSCA.  Requires the person involved to provide, within a reasonable time, the requested information insofar as it is known or reasonably ascertainable at the time of the request. Adds information requirements relating to:  (1) amounts of chemical substances or mixtures used or disposed of; (2) impurities resulting from the manufacture, processing, use, or disposal of chemical substances or mixtures; (3) the extent of human exposure; (4) the delivery movement, or holding of chemicals, including the quantity, the date of shipment, and receipt, and the consignor and consignee; and (5) such data as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the economic consequences of activities undertaken. Revises reporting and retention of information requirements relating to small quantity activities to add coverage of chemical substances or mixtures: (1) which are subject to a negotiated testing agreement; or (2) where the Administrator has reason to believe that the activities of the small manufacturer, processor, distributor, user or disposer may present an unreasonable risk of injury to human health and the environment and where additional information is needed to ascertain the nature and extent of such risk. Directs the Administrator to publish a current inventory of chemical substances at least every five years. Repeals specified provisions for the relationship of TSCA to other Federal laws (including certain provisions involving to filing of reports and waiting periods).  Retains provisions for coordination with other Federal laws and provisions specifying TSCA's relationship to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Repeals the general prohibition against TSCA's applicability to chemical substances or mixtures intented solely for export.  Includes under export notice requirements chemical substances or mixtures which are subject to a negotiated testing agreement. Revises provisions for disclosure of data.  Grants State authorities the same access to such information as that currently afforded to Federal authorities.  Requires that designations of confidentiality for information be:  (1) accompanied by statements of justification by the entity submitting the data; and (2) signed by an officer of such entity, with an affirmation that such officer believes such designation is valid.  Provides that such confidentiality designations shall remain in effect until the chemical is manufactured. Allows redesignation, at the time manufacturing commences, of data which is believed to be still entitled to confidential treatment. Provides that, except for such provisions relating to the time of manufacture, such confidentiality designations shall remain in effect for three years from the date of such designation, subject to specified provisions.  Allows renewals for additional three-year periods.  Subjects any person who solicits disclosure or obtains confidential material knowing that its release was unlawful to the same criminal penalties as a person who wrongfully discloses such data. Directs the Administrator, within one year of enactment of this Act, to submit to the Congress: (1) a report on how TSCA information-gathering authorities have been and could be used to support other chemical regulatory programs; and (2) a report on the relationship between the authorities and requirements under TSCA and the activities of small businesses.",2025-08-29T17:40:16Z,
98-s-3076,98,s,3076,"A bill to amend section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize emergency action with respect to pesticide chemicals which present an imminent hazard to the public health, to revise the procedures under such section for changes in tolerances and exemptions for pesticide chemicals, and for other purposes.",Health,1984-10-05,1984-10-23,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, Agriculture Department, GAO, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,0,"Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collect specified health and safety data on pesticides used on food. Directs the Administrator to revoke a tolerance or exemption based on false, misleading, or inaccurate information. Directs EPA to take action whenever it receives information indicating that specified food residues may not be safe.  Grants the manufacturer an opportunity for a hearing. Directs EPA to cancel a tolerance or exemption for a pesticide whose use has been canceled, suspended, or voluntarily withdrawn under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Revises the administrative procedures governing amendment and repeal of tolerances and exemptions for pesticide residues on food, including an expedited procedure when presented with an imminent hazard. Prohibits the importation into the United States of raw agricultural commodities containing detectable residues of prohibited pesticides. Requires random sampling of such imports to determine if pesticide residues meet the requirements of such Act. Directs the EPA to review the exemptions from pesticide residue limits within 12 months to determine whether or not they are safe.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
98-s-3077,98,s,3077,A bill to exempt any activity involving the harvesting of penaeid shrimp from certain provisions of the Lacey Act.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX]",TX,R,T000322,0,"Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt the harvesting of certain penaeid shrimp from provisions of such law prohibiting the illegal taking of fish, wildlife, or plants.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3078,98,s,3078,Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Separation Act,Native Americans,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,0,"Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians Separation Act - Recognizes the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians as an Indian tribe separate and distinct from the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.  Declares the Milles Lac Band shall be known by the official name, Mille Lacs Federation of Chippewas. Declares the Federation to be a self-governing Indian tribe and authorizes it to adopt a constitution and bylaws. Makes the Federation eligible for all Federal services and benefits which are provided to Indians because of their status as Indians. Sets forth partition guidelines for trust lands held in trust for the benefit of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.  Substitutes the Federation as a party in pending litigation brought by or on behalf of the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians. Sets forth guidelines for the award and allocation of judgment funds between the Federation and the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Amends the criminal code and the judicial code to remove certain Federal jurisdiction over lands under the tribal jurisdiction of the Federation.",2025-08-29T17:37:45Z,
98-s-3079,98,s,3079,"A bill to clarify the meaning of the phrase ""program or activity"" as applied to educational institutions that are extended Federal financial assistance, and for other purposes.",Education,1984-10-05,1984-10-23,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, Justice Department, GAO, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,3,"Amends title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and title VI (Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to specify that education institutions receiving Federal financial assistance are included within prohibitions against discrimination. Provides that, for purposes of such Acts, notwithstanding the Supreme Court decisions in Grove City and others against Bell, Secretary of Education, and in North Haven against Bell, the phrase ""program or activity"" shall, as applied to educational institutions which are extended Federal financial assistance, mean the educational institution.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
98-s-3080,98,s,3080,Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1984,Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-05,1984-10-05,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,1,"Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1984 - Title I:  Eliminations - Repeals specified provisions of Federal law requiring certain Federal agencies, States, or the President to submit reports to Congress. Title II:  Modifications - Amends specified provisions of Federal law to:  (1) discontinue requirements for reports to Congress; (2) combine such reports; (3) reduce the frequency or the contents of such reports; (4) change the dates for submission of such reports; and (5) make technical changes.",2025-08-29T17:40:03Z,
98-s-3056,98,s,3056,Work Program Reform Act of 1984,Social Welfare,1984-10-04,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.",Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"Work Program Reform Act of 1984 - Amends the Social Security Act to establish a work program for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).  Provides that such program shall consist of:  (1) redirection projects (including job training, family planning, and medical care) for teenage mothers and pregnant teenagers; (2) supported work programs; and (3) revisions of the work incentive programs (WIN). Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:38:12Z,
98-s-3057,98,s,3057,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend the energy conservation investment tax credit to new diesel-electric locomotives.,Taxation,1984-10-04,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Energy Department, Transportation Department.",Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,3,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a ten percent energy investment tax credit for diesel-electric locomotives of at least 2,200 horsepower purchased by a common carrier engaged in the trade or business of using rail transportation.  Requires that such locomotives be at least 15 percent more fuel efficient than any locomotive replaced by the taxpayer.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3058,98,s,3058,A bill for the relief of Ray M. Reed.,Private Legislation,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,0,"Deems a named individual to have suffered a disabling injury solely as the result of hospitalization and medical treatment arising from alleged negligent treatment at the Memphis Veterans Administration Hospital, for purposes of determining veterans' disability compensation eligibility.  Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay such compensation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay such individual a specified sum in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for nonmedical damages arising from such injury.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3059,98,s,3059,"A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to impose limits on aggregate Federal outlays, and for other purposes.",Economics and Public Finance,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,"Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Governmental Affairs; Budget pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.",Senate,"Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]",WA,R,G000333,2,"Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit, for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1985, the amount of total budget outlays set forth in any concurrent resolution on the budget from exceeding specified percentages of the adjusted gross national product. Requires the President to notify Congress with specific recommendations if Federal outlays will exceed the limitations imposed by this Act.  Requires congressional budget committees, upon such notification, to report a revised concurrent resolution on the budget in accordance with such limitations.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
98-s-3060,98,s,3060,"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,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"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.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3061,98,s,3061,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the extent to which a state or political subdivision thereof may tax certain income from sources outside the United States.,Taxation,1984-10-04,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]",FL,R,H000374,1,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit State taxation of:  (1) corporate income derived from sources outside of the United States; or (2) income of corporate affiliates that derive 80 percent or more of their income from foreign sources.,2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3062,98,s,3062,A bill to deal with imputed interest rates.,Taxation,1984-10-04,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the method of calculating imputed interest rates for certain deferred payments.  Sets such rate at 12 percent, compounded semiannually, for total unstated interest.  Sets the test rate for stated interest at ten percent, compounded semiannually.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3063,98,s,3063,Pornography Victims Protection Act of 1984,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Pornography Victims Protection Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code with respect to the prohibition against the sexual exploitation of children to add as a condition triggering Federal penalties that the person concerned know that a minor was transported in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of producing pornography. Makes it a criminal offense for any person to coerce, intimidate, or fraudulently induce an individual 18 years or older to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purposes of producing any visual depiction of such conduct. Grants the U.S. district courts jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this section.  Authorizes the Attorney General or any person threatened with loss or damage by such conduct to institute a civil suit. Provides for treble damages for a victim who suffers physical injury, emotional distress, or property damage. Imposes civil penalties for violation of the prohibition against sexual exploitation of children.",2025-08-29T17:39:22Z,
98-s-3064,98,s,3064,"A bill to designate the building known as the Federal Building in Ogden, Utah, as the ""William H. King Federal Building"".",Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Designates the Federal building in Ogden, Utah, as the William H. King Federal Building.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3065,98,s,3065,"A bill to designate the building known as the Federal Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the ""Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building"".",Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,0,"Designates the Federal Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3066,98,s,3066,Base-Broadening Tax Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-04,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"Base-Broadening Tax Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for temporary reductions in certain income tax credits and deductions for taxable years beginning on January 1, 1985, and ending on December 31, 1989. Provides for a ten percent reduction during such period of itemized deductions of an individual taxpayer. Provides for a ten percent reduction during such period of:  (1) the foreign tax credit; (2) the credit for tax withheld on wages; (3) the earned income tax credit; (4) the credit for tax withheld at the source on nonresident aliens and foreign corporations; (5) the credit for certain uses of gasoline and special fuels; and (6) the Puerto Rico and possession tax credit. Provides for a ten percent reduction during such period of the income tax deductions for: (1) accelerated cost recovery; (2) the amortization of pollution control facilities; (3) circulation and research and experimental expenditures; (4) percentage depletion in excess of basis; (5) intangible drilling costs and mineral exploration and development costs; (6) certain financial institution preference items; (7) life insurance companies; (8) expenses for business entertainment or attendance at conventions; and (9) capital gains. Provides for a ten percent reduction during such period of the dollar limitation on:  (1) used property eligible for the investment tax credit; (2) the partial exclusion of dividends received by individuals; (3) the one-time exclusion of the gain on the sale of a residence; (4) the dividend reinvestment in stock of public utilities; (5) the exclusion of earned income of citizens or residents of the U.S. living abroad; (6) the deduction for certain depreciable assets; (7) the deduction for expenditures to remove architectural barriers to the handicapped and the elderly; (8) the deduction for amortization of reforestation expenditures; (9) the deduction for retirement savings; (10) the deduction for luxury cars; (11) benefits and contributions under employee benefit plans; (12) the amount of private activity bonds and mortgage subsidy bonds which may be issued under a State program; and (13) the deduction for net operating losses. Sets forth definitions and special rules. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe necessary regulations.",2025-08-29T17:37:49Z,
98-s-3067,98,s,3067,Child Molester Registration Act of 1984,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-04,1984-10-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,"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.",2025-08-29T17:42:09Z,
98-s-3068,98,s,3068,"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,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA]",VA,R,T000367,0,"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.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3047,98,s,3047,A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1984-10-03,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department, Agriculture Department.",Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,4,"Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to each select five members of their respective houses to be congressional advisors to the President with respect to implementing the comprehensive steel policy announced on September 18, 1984. Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to keep each congressional advisor informed on actions taken to implement and subsequently monitor such policy.  Directs the President to establish industry and labor advisory committees to provide advice and counsel on the implementation of such policy.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3048,98,s,3048,A bill for the relief of Ms. Kikuko Satake.,Private Legislation,1984-10-03,1984-10-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3049,98,s,3049,A bill for the relief of John M. Sandstrand.,Private Legislation,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3050,98,s,3050,SELF-Tax Plan Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-03,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN]",IN,R,Q000007,0,"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 for receiving 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 than 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 trade and businesses.",2025-08-29T17:39:25Z,
98-s-3051,98,s,3051,A bill granting the consent of Congress to the Midwest Interstate Compact on Low-level Radioactive Waste Management.,Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,5,"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 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.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3052,98,s,3052,A bill to exclude certain Housing and Urban Development project notes from provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 relating to private activity bonds.,Housing and Community Development,1984-10-03,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, HUD.",Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,1,Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to exempt Department of Housing and Urban Development public housing and urban renewal project notes from provisions concerning tax exemption for private activity bonds.,2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3053,98,s,3053,Methanol Vehicle Incentives Act of 1984,Transportation and Public Works,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,0,"Methanol Vehicle Incentives Act of 1984 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to set forth the manner of determining the fuel economy of methanol powered automobiles. Establishes the methanol powered vehicle technology research program.  Directs the Secretary of Transportation to acquire and study the performance of methanol powered vehicles during FY 1985 through 1987.  Authorizes other executive agencies, upon their request, to participate in such program.  Requires such agencies to pay the Secretary for any vehicle received.  Authorizes appropriations as necessary to carry out such program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any State or local government agency that applies for the acquisition of methanol powered vehicles to participate in such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987 for such grants. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the research program. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to direct the Secretary to carry out a methanol powered bus demonstration program for FY 1986 through 1988.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible recipients for the purpose of studying and testing the performance of such buses.  Authorizes apropriations to carry out the program. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such program by September 30 of each year from 1986 through 1989, with a final report by October 15, 1989.",2025-08-29T17:38:58Z,
98-s-3054,98,s,3054,"A bill to amend section 2236 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the maximum contribution that may be made by the Federal government toward the cost of construction of an armory by any State.",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE]",NE,D,Z000013,0,Increases from 75 to 90 percent of construction costs the maximum contribution the Federal Government may make toward the construction of a State's armory.,2025-01-14T17:07:58Z,
98-s-3055,98,s,3055,A bill to authorize the establishment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Site in the State of Montana.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1984-10-03,1984-10-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT]",MT,D,M000635,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) establish the Lewis and Clark National Historic Site in Montana; and (2) enter into cooperative and management agreements with the State of Montana for rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement services with respect to such site.  Specifies those lands which the Secretary is authorized to acquire for the establishment of such site. Provides that such lands shall revert to the State of Montana if the Secretary uses such lands for any purpose other than as authorized under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and 1987, including specified sums for the construction of a visitor center.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
98-s-3040,98,s,3040,"A bill for the relief of O'Ferrall Pauly, publisher of the Mid-Coast Advertiser of Wharton, Texas.",Private Legislation,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",TX,D,B000401,0,Relieves a named publisher of all liability to the United States for payment of a specified sum representing a postage discrepancy due to erroneous information provided by a postmaster.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3041,98,s,3041,A bill for the relief of Kam Hon Wong and his wife Po Kwan Wong.,Private Legislation,1984-10-02,1984-10-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI]",HI,D,M000250,0,Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3042,98,s,3042,Broad-Based Enhanced Savings Tax Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-10-02,1984-10-16,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,0,"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 1990.  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 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.",2025-08-29T17:40:31Z,
98-s-3043,98,s,3043,A bill to amend the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to include sexual exploitation of children as a crime covered by the Act.,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]",FL,R,H000374,0,Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute to extend the Act's coverage to the sexual exploitation of children.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3044,98,s,3044,Department of Defense False Claims Act of 1984,Armed Forces and National Security,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,0,Department of Defense False Claims Act of 1984 - Provides an administrative remedy and increased civil penalties for defrauding or intending to defraud the United States by filing false claims against the Department of Defense.,2025-08-29T17:38:41Z,
98-s-3045,98,s,3045,Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Improvement Act of 1984,Government Operations and Politics,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA]",VA,R,T000367,2,"Federal Employee Recruitment and Retention Improvement Act of 1984 - Revises the special pay rate program for the recruitment and retention of Foreign Service or General Schedule employees or physicians, dentists, and nurses in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration to authorize the President to establish higher rates of pay when necessary to recruit and retain such employees because:  (1) the pay or premium pay provided by private enterprise or by a State or local government is substantially higher or more extensive than that provided by the Federal Government for an occupation in an area; or (2) the area or working conditions for an occupation are undesirable.  Repeals provisions limiting the minimum rate that may be established for a particular grade level. Authorizes the President to pay a bonus to an individual appointed to a hard-to-fill position each time the individual agrees to complete a specified period of service.  Limits the maximum amount of such bonus to ten percent of the annual rate of basic pay of the individual. Requires the individual to repay the bonus if he or she does not perform the service for the period agreed upon.",2025-08-29T17:38:58Z,
98-s-3046,98,s,3046,"A bill to modify the project for flood protection on the Chariton River, Iowa and Missouri, to direct the Secretary of the Army to sell storage space in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1984-10-02,1984-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA]",IA,R,J000101,0,"Modifies the project for flood protection on the Chariton River, Iowa and Missouri, to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to sell storage space in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3039,98,s,3039,Balanced Budget Procedures Act of 1984,Economics and Public Finance,1984-10-01,1984-10-01,"Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977  with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.",Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,6,"Balanced Budget Procedures Act of 1984 - States that if the total outlays set forth for FY 1989 would exceed the total revenues set forth for such fiscal year under conditions of high employment in any budget submitted by the President for FY 1985 through 1988, then the President shall submit along with such budget an alternative  budget in which total outlays for FY 1989 would not exceed total revenues for such fiscal year under conditions of high employment. Requires the President, when such an alternative budget is submitted, to submit recommendations and proposals for changes in Federal laws which would be required in order to achieve such a balance. Requires the Budget Committees of each House, not later than April 15 before each fiscal year from FY 1985 through 1989, to report:  (1) a first concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year in which total outlays and total revenues for FY 1989 would be in balance under conditions of high employment; or (2) an alternative concurrent resolution in equal detail. Requires that any presidential budget for a fiscal year that assumes conditions of high employment and recommends that total outlays exceed total revenues be accompanied by an alternative budget in which total outlays do not exceed total revenues. Requires that any presidential budget which assumes that conditions of high employment will not exist during a given fiscal year, and recommends that total outlays exceed total revenues by a certain amount for such fiscal year, be accompanied by an alternative budget in which total outlays would not exceed total revenues under conditions of high employment. Requires the President, not later than March 15 of any year in which an alternative budget is submitted, to submit recommendations and proposals for changes in Federal laws which will, if enacted, reduce the amount by which total outlays exceed total revenues for such fiscal year. Establishes a National Bipartisan Commission on the Balanced Budget to review the budget and alternative budget and make recommendations for levels of spending and changes in the laws of the United States which may be necessary to achieve a balanced budget by FY 1989. Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress not later than March 15, 1985, its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for such levels of spending, legislation, and administrative actions as it considers appropriate. Terminates the Commission 30 days after it submits its report. Exempts the budget from the requirements of this Act for any fiscal year for which a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect.",2025-08-29T17:39:12Z,
98-s-3038,98,s,3038,"A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to include in the President's Budget of the United States Government a statement of the interest which accrues for each fiscal year on outstanding zero-coupon bonds.",Economics and Public Finance,1984-09-29,1984-09-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,0,Directs the President to include in the budget a separate statement estimating the interest on outstanding zero-coupon bonds.,2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
98-s-3033,98,s,3033,Ten Percent Flat Tax Rate Act,Taxation,1984-09-28,1984-10-02,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]",OK,R,N000102,0,"Ten Percent Flat Tax Rate Act - Title I:  Ten Percent Tax Rate For All Individuals And Unincorporated Associations - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a flat rate tax of ten percent on the adjusted gross income of individuals and unincorporated associations. Defines ""unincorporated association"" as any taxable entity which is not incorporated pursuant to the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign nation. Repeals the income tax credits for:  (1) the elderly; (2) contributions to candidates for public office; (3) the purchase of a new principal residence; (4) dependent care expenses; (5) earned income; and (6) residential energy conservation expenses.  Repeals the alternative minimum tax for taxpayers other than corporations. Provides that specified income tax credits shall not be available to individuals and unincorporated associations. Excludes from the gross income of individuals or unincorporated associations:  (1) alimony and separate maintenance payments; (2) scholarship payments and fellowship grants; (3) social security payments; (4) excess social security tax payments; (5) payments received for disability; (6) payments received pursuant to the Railroad Retirement Act; (7) certain civil service retirement benefits; and (8) interest payments received on State and municipal bonds. Defines ""adjusted gross income"" in the case of an individual or unincorporated association as gross income minus:  (1) trade or business deductions; (2) trade and business deductions of employees; and (3) expenses relating to income production. Disallows certain exclusions from the gross income of individuals and unincorporated associations, including exclusions for:  (1) certain death payments; (2) gifts and inheritances; (3) injury or sickness compensation; (4) employer contributions to accident and health plans; (5) partial dividends; (6) contributions to corporation capital; and (7) dependent care assistance. Allows deductions from the adjusted gross income of individuals for personal exemptions. Sets the amounts of such exemptions at:  (1) $2,000 for the taxpayer and spouse; and (2) $2,000 for each dependent of the taxpayer.  Provides for cost-of-living adjustments for such amounts. Disallows all itemized deductions for individuals and unincorporated associations except those for interest, taxes, charitable contributions, and certain retirement savings.  Repeals the income tax deductions for:  (1) medical and dental expenses; (2) alimony payments; (3) taxes, interest, and business depreciation by cooperative housing tenant-stockholders; (4) two-earner married couples; and (5) adoption expenses. Imposes a flat rate tax of ten percent on the gross income of estates and trusts.  Repeals special rules, income tax deductions, and income tax credits applicable to estates and trusts. Revises rules for determining the income tax of a partner to provide that each partner shall take into account separately his or her distributive share of the partnership's:  (1) gains and losses; (2) taxes; and (3) taxable income or loss. Provides that the foreign tax credit shall not apply to unincorporated associations. Repeals the estate tax. Title II:  Tax Amnesty - Provides for a one-time amnesty from criminal and civil tax penalties for taxpayers who:  (1) file a written statement with specified information concerning any underpayment of tax; (2) pay the amount of such underpayment when filing the statement; and (3) within 30 days of notification of the amount of interest payable on any tax delinquent amount, pays the full amount of such interest or delinquency.  Permits installment payments of tax due in certain cases. Disallows an amnesty period for taxpayers against whom a tax deficiency has already been assessed, who have committed fraud in seeking amnesty, or against whom a criminal investigation is pending. Establishes a special fund in the Treasury for taxes recovered under such amnesty program.  Requires that revenues from such fund be used to offset possible revenue losses.",2025-08-29T17:39:00Z,
98-s-3034,98,s,3034,"A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.",Government Operations and Politics,1984-09-28,1984-10-30,Became Public Law No: 98-561.,Senate,"Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS]",KS,R,K000017,43,"Grants a Federal charter to the National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3035,98,s,3035,Geriatric Manpower Training and Education Act of 1984,Health,1984-09-28,1984-10-09,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,0,"Geriatric Manpower Training and Education Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for:  (1) internal medicine and general pediatrics training grants; (2) family medicine and general dentistry training grants; (3) grants for start-up assistance and curriculum development to schools; (4) advanced nurse training program grants; and (5) nurse practitioner program grants.  Makes specific amounts available, from each authorization of appropriations, for programs relating to geriatrics.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for:  (1) training and instruction activities and traineeships and fellowships of the National Institute on Aging; (2) training, instruction, and traineeships relating to the mental health problems and illnesses of the elderly and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of mentally ill elderly individuals. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs for FY 1986 through 1990.  Sets aside for each year a specific amount for training and instructional activities.",2025-08-29T17:38:47Z,
98-s-3036,98,s,3036,"A bill to redesignate the Regional Veterans' Administration Medical Center located in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, as the ""General Black Jack Pershing Regional Veterans' Administration Medical Center"".",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-09-28,1984-09-28,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,1,"Designates the Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, as the General Black Jack Pershing Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center.",2025-01-14T17:02:09Z,
98-s-3037,98,s,3037,1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism,International Affairs,1984-09-28,1984-10-05,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,0,"1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism - Title I:  Rewards for Information on International Terrorism - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide a reward not to exceed $500,000 to any individual who furnishes information regarding an act of terrorism directed against a U.S. person or U.S. property. Authorizes the Attorney General or the Secretary of State to determine whether an individual is entitled to a reward and the amount to be paid. States that a reward of $100,000 or more may not be made without the approval of the President. Allows for the protection of the identity of a reward recipient if it is determined that such measures are necessary. Authorizes appropriations. Makes Federal, State and local officers and employees ineligible for such payments. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay such a reward. Title II:  International Cooperation - Urges the President to seek more effective international cooperation in combatting international terrorism, including: (1) severe punishment for acts of terrorism; and (2) extradition of all terrorists to the country where the terrorist incident occurred or whose citizens were victims of the incident. Declares that priority should be given to negotiations to establish a permanent international working group for combatting terrorism. Title III:  Security of United States Missions Abroad - Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives no later than February 1, 1985, on the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Panel on Security of United States Missions Abroad. Authorizes additional appropriations for security enhancement at United States missions abroad.  Requires the Secretary of State and the Director of the United States Information Agency to report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on how their agencies have allocated funds. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 with regard to hiring additional individuals for services abroad. Allows for additional procurement for overseas security requirements. Authorizes the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to use government-owned vehicles for security purposes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that due to the current epidemic of worldwide terrorist activity, U.S. missions abroad should utilize danger pay allowance more extensively.",2025-08-29T17:38:20Z,
98-s-3030,98,s,3030,Homestead Act of 1984,Housing and Community Development,1984-09-27,1984-09-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]",ID,R,S001138,0,"Homestead Act of 1984 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish procedures under which families residing in public housing projects shall be provided with an opportunity to purchase their dwelling units. Requires the formation of a homeownership association composed of families who:  (1) are capable of assuming the responsibilities of homeownership; (2) have resided in public housing projects for not less than 24 consecutive months; and (3) have resided in their current dwelling units for at least 12 consecutive months. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide comprehensive improvement assistance to such projects to ensure that the physical condition, management, and operation of such projects are sufficient to encourage homeownership by resident families. Directs the Secretary and the responsible public housing agency to provide the training and technical and educational assistance necessary to prepare the families and the homeownership association for homeownership.  Directs the Secretary to pay to the agency an amount equal to any reduction in the operating expenses of a project realized as a result of providing such assistance.  Directs the agency to use such amount to reduce the purchase prices of dwelling units. Authorizes a homeownership association to purchase a public housing project after the Secretary determines that:  (1) the association is prepared to manage and maintain the project with continued Federal assistance; and (2) project operating costs have been reduced sufficiently to make home ownership affordable to resident families.  Allows an eligible family to purchase a dwelling directly from the public housing agency if the Secretary determines that such purchase will not interfere with the rights of other resident families or harm the efficient operation of the project.  Requires the Secretary to continue to pay annual contributions to such project after such a purchase. Limits the purchase price for a project or unit to 25 percent of its fair market value.  Lists alternative purchasing arrangements. Directs the agency to assist a purchase by making a loan to a family or association at an interest rate not exceeding 70 percent of the market interest rate. Requires any unit or project purchaser who sells such property before the expiration of five years to pay the public housing agency a specified percentage of the sale price. Establishes procedures under which families residing in public housing projects shall be provided with an opportunity to undertake the management, maintenance, educational, and cultural functions of such project.  Requires such families to form a resident management association. Directs the Secretary and the responsible public housing agency to provide such association with the necessary training and technical and educational assistance.  Allows such association to undertake such functions after the Secretary determines it is capable. Prohibits the eviction of any resident family because of the sale of a project to a homeownership association.  Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) help relocate any family which decides not to purchase its dwellings in a project where other units are purchased; or (2) provide such family with a housing voucher to permit such family to obtain comparable alternative housing. Directs the Secretary to furnish financial assistance to:  (1) public housing agencies to enable such agencies to carry out this Act; and (2) purchasing families or associations for operating and maintenance expenses.",2025-08-29T17:40:55Z,
98-s-3031,98,s,3031,A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States in order to establish equitable duty rates for sodium bicarbonate.  ,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1984-09-27,1984-10-02,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.",Senate,"Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]",WY,R,W000092,0,Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose a duty on sodium bicarbonate.,2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3032,98,s,3032,"A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for more equitable test and imputed interest rates, and for other purposes.",Taxation,1984-09-27,1984-10-02,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN]",MN,R,D000566,9,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of imputed interest for the sale or exchange of property. Allows a lower rate of imputed interest for the first $1,500,000 of the sales price of principal residences or farm lands. Reduces the rate of imputed interest for purposes of determining the issue price in the case of debt instruments issued for property.  Provides that such rate of imputed interest shall not apply in determining the issue price of debt instruments issued for residences and the first $1,500,000 of the sales price for farm lands.",2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,
98-s-3023,98,s,3023,A bill for the relief of Mary Patricia McLaughlin.,Private Legislation,1984-09-26,1984-09-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO]",MO,D,E000004,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3024,98,s,3024,Surface Transportation Amendments of 1984,Transportation and Public Works,1984-09-26,1984-10-05,See H.R.5504.,Senate,"Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]",ID,R,S001138,0,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) Surface Transportation Amendments of 1984 - Approves the interstate highway cost estimate for FY 1985 and 1986 and the interstate substitute cost estimate for FY 1984 and 1985.  Directs the Secretary of Transportation to adjust and reallocate the minimum allocation made on March 9, 1984, to reflect the apportionments made under this Act.  Revises the procedures for releasing interstate construction funds and interstate substitute funds, including allowing the Secretary to release such funds without congressional approval. Decreases the Federal share payable for emergency relief funds for repair projects on the Federal-aid highway system and the Interstate System, unless such emergency repairs are to minimize damage, protect facilities, or restore essential traffic and are accomplished within 30 days after the occurrence. Provides for the funding of certain highway projects with interstate discretionary funds. Requires that a specified percentage of State withdrawal funds be available to the Secretary for State highway research and planning. Authorizes Federal matching funds for bridge replacement and rehabilitation for specified bridges not on the Federal-aid highway system. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to include small business concerns owned and controlled by women among such concerns that are eligible for a specified percentage of expenditures under such Act. Amends the General Bridge Act of 1906, the General Bridge Act of 1946, the International Bridge Act of 1972, the Department of Transportation Act, and various other Acts to repeal provisions which regulate toll facilities. Requires toll increases on such facilities to be just and reasonable. Declares that no report, list, schedule, or survey compiled by a State concerning the evaluation of hazardous roadway conditions or rail-highway crossings in order to plan and prioritize safety projects shall be required to be admitted into evidence or used for any other purpose in a Federal or State court. Requires toll authorities to certify to the State Governor that such facilities are adequately maintained and that funding is available for the replacement or repair of such facilities.  Provides that if funds from the Highway Trust Fund are used for such repairs, then such State's apportionment for the next fiscal year shall be reduced by such amount.  Exempts international toll facilities and such facilities on the Federal-aid system from such requirement. Provides for:  (1) crediting the fair market value of right-of-way donations for highway projects to the State matching share when such donations are made to the State; and (2) revesting such property to the donor if it is not required after environmental assessments. Directs the Secretary to reserve amounts expended for right-of-way for a route withdrawal until the right-of-way disposition decision has been made. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program.  Sets forth the following items for inclusion in such study:  (1) an analysis of the progress made toward replacing and rehabilitating inadequate bridges on or off the Federal-aid system; (2) a review of the bridge inspection program; (3) an analysis of the effectiveness of the bridge discretionary program; and (4) a review of the bridge program's effect on the rehabilitation of historic bridges. Requires the Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council to carry out a study of the bridge formula with respect to vehicle weights and the life span of bridges. Makes costs incurred to mitigate harm to historic bridges as a result of Federal-aid projects, eligible for Federal-aid highway funds.  Permits States to use demolition funds for preservation of historic bridges. Requires (currently, authorizes) States to inventory bridges on the Federal-aid system for historic significance. Directs the Secretary to approve the planting of native wildflowers for landscaping and scenic enhancement of Federal-aid highways. Makes the repair or reconstruction of a Federal-aid primary route in the vicinity of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, which has experienced slide damage, eligible for emergency relief funds. Requires an annual minimum allocation of 85 percent of estimated tax payments attributable to States in the Highway Trust Fund.  Specifies the programs applicable to such requirement. Permits an interstate transfer project in Maryland to be completed in increments. Requires the Secretary to assist the District of Columbia and Virginia in carrying out a demonstration project on Interstates 95 and 395 which restricts the use of express lanes during certain rush hours after the District of Columbia completes reconstruction of a specified bridge.  (Currently, the Secretary is required to carry out such demonstration project after the District of Columbia begins actual reconstruction.) Provides that the Federal share payable for individual projects authorized by statute after September 30, 1983, and for which authorizations are provided out of the Highway Trust Fund, shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs or a specified amount, whichever is less. Directs the Secretary to carry out the following demonstration projects (1) in Cattaraugus County, New York, to demonstrate the extent to which the economy of an Indian reservation can be improved by completion of key elements of a modern, grade-separated access controlled highway which serves the reservation; (2) in the vicinity of Buckhannon, West Virginia, to demonstrate the efficient movement of traffic around an area of active coal mining and industrial development; (3) in Montana, to demonstrate the improved serviceability of rural roads when provided with specified reconstruction; (4) in the vicinity of Cleveland, Texas, to demonstrate the reduction in congestion by providing a four-line divided highway with interchanges in an area with at-grade crossings; (5) in the vicinity of Knoxville, Tennessee, to demonstrate the benefits of a high technology developmental highway project; (6) in Idaho, to determine the economic and social impact of controlled-access highway services on a redeveloping central business district of a certain population; (7) in Manchester, New Hampshire, to demonstrate the feasibility of replacing a functionally obsolete and structurally deficient bridge located in a historic district, with a modern structure while preserving the integrity of the district; (8) in the State of Washington, to determine the economic and social impact of utilizing the air space above a controlled-access highway to mitigate the impact on a major urban area of construction of the highway and for other transportation uses; (9) in the area of Brunswick-Topsham, Maine, to demonstrate increased access to defense related facilities by the construction of a limited access highway connecting a major interstate highway corridor with a naval air station and a shipyard engaged in defense production activities; (10) in Honolulu, Hawaii, to demonstrate the benefits of constructing a causeway in Pearl Harbor to connect to the highway system; (11) in Savannah, Georgia, to demonstrate the best method for replacing an obbsolete bridge to improve traffic safety; (12) in Arizona to demonstrate transportation efficiencies gained by upgrading a highway which connects two Indian reservations; (13) in Dubuque, Iowa, to demonstrate the benefits of connecting an area of high unemployment to the Federal system; and (14) in Sparks, Nevada, to demonstrate the economic and social impact of construction of an interchange. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out such projects and sets forth reporting dates after the completion of such projects. Authorizes appropriations for continued work on the demonstration project near Devils Lake, North Dakota. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a demonstration project connecting the Isle of Palms to the South Carolina mainland. Authorizes appropriations. Makes ""Buy American"" provisions applicable to projects whose total costs exceed $500,000. Authorizes appropriations for the upgrading of certain highways in New Mexico for the transportation of nuclear waste generated during defense-related activities. Sets forth obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1985.  Makes certain limitations inapplicable to States which returned unused obligations. 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. Provides for the apportionment of funds for forest highways. Makes sums apportioned or allocated for highway substitute projects available for constructing bicycle facilities. Authorizes States to adjust their interstate substitution programs which were approved in concept by the Secretary on or before September 30, 1983.  Authorizes States to add and delete projects until September 30, 1985, without altering the existing entitlement. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of constructing a New East-West Highway linking the Delaware Memorial Bridge with the Atlantic City Expressway and other north-south arteries in southern New Jersey.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for such study. Extends the authority for States to utilize certain highway rehabilitation funds for specified projects until the date of enactment of this Act. Declares that the Secretary of the Interior shall not be required to convey to Maryland any portion of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway located in such State upon completion of the reconstruction of the parkway as authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970. Authorizes Virginia to relocate and reconstruct a navigation project at Newport News Creek upon approval of such plans by the Secretary of the Army. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, within nine months of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a study on the impact of prison industries which furnish convict-produced materials for Federal highways on private industries which produce similar materials.  Requires the study to examine the socio-economic effects of prison industry programs in the rehabilitation and job training of convict participants. Directs the Secretary, in allocating discretionary funds, to give priority to those States which have had highway fund reductions of over 45 percent during FY 1984, exceeding $100,000,000. Directs the Secretary to waive the alternate design requirements for a certain bridge in St. Paul, Minnesota. Title II:  Uniform Relocation Act Amendments - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to expand the definition of the term ""State agency"" for purposes of such Act to include any entity having eminent domain authority under State law. Revises the definition of ""Federal assistance"" to exclude mortgage interest subsidies. Revises the definition of ""displaced person"" to provide that:  (1) any residential tenant, farm operation, or small business which is permanently displaced as a direct result of Federal or federally-assisted rehabilitation or demolition projects shall be entitled to moving expenses and relocation advisory services under such Act; (2) any such entity which is permanently displaced as a direct result of a Federal or federally-funded program or project shall be entitled to moving expenses; (3) any entity which occupied the displacement dwelling illegally or solely for the purpose of obtaining relocation benefits shall not be eligible for relocation benefits; and (4) any utility required to move its facilities from public lands shall be entitled to be relocated or to receive a relocation payment from the Federal Government or the appropriate State or local government. Sets forth the requirements for a ""suitable"" replacement dwelling, which shall be used in such Act in place of a ""comparable"" replacement dwelling. Defines a ""displacing agency"" as any Federal agency, State, or State agency utilizing Federal assistance which causes a person to be displaced. Requires the payment to displaced persons of actual expenses, not exceeding $10,000, necessary to reestablish a displaced small business or nonprofit organization at its new site. Removes the limitation on the moving expense allowance and the fixed amount of the dislocation allowance that a person displaced from a dwelling may elect to receive in lieu of itemized expenses. Declares that such allowances shall be determined according to a schedule established by a lead agency designated by the President. Increases the maximum and decreases the minimum limitations on the payment a person displaced from a business or farm operation may elect to receive in lieu of itemized deductions.  Declares that such amount shall be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency. (Currently, such amount is based on the annual earnings of the farm or business.)  Excludes from entitlement to such payment a displaced person whose sole business was the rental of the displacement property. Entitles a utility (including any transportation or communications system) that is displaced from property owned or controlled by a State or local agency as a result of a federally-assisted program, to a payment (not exceeding its actual reasonable relocation costs) as provided by State or local law or by a contract, if any, between the utility and the agency.  Entitles a utility that is displaced from property owned or controlled by a State or local agency as a result of the acquisition of such property by a Federal agency, to relocation or payment of its actual reasonable relocation costs by the Federal agency, except as provided otherwise by a Federal law, a Federal regulation promulgated before March 17, 1983, or a contract between the utility and the Federal agency. Authorizes the head of an agency responsible for a program resulting in the displacement of a utility or cable television facilities from public property to provide a payment to such utility or cable operation not to exceed moving expenses. Increases the maximum amount of assistance that a displacing agency may provide to a displaced homeowner for replacement housing.  Requires such assistance to include an amount necessary to:  (1) meet the reasonable cost of a suitable replacement dwelling as defined in this Act; and (2) compensate the displaced person for any increased financing costs. Authorizes a displacing agency to extend the one-year period, following payment for an acquired home, during which the displaced person must purchase and occupy a replacement dwelling in order to qualify for housing replacement payments, but limits such payments to the costs of relocating such person within that one-year period. Revises the method of determining the amount of rental housing replacement assistance to be provided to displaced tenants. Eliminates the $4,000 rental assistance limitation and establishes the amount of such assistance for a person whose income exceeds 50 percent of the median area income at the lesser of: (1) $4,500; or (2) 36 times the difference between the monthly cost of a suitable replacement dwelling and the monthly cost of the displacement dwelling.  Permits eligible displaced tenants to elect to:  (1) receive Federal, State, or local low-income housing assistance in lieu of such rental housing replacement assistance; or (2) apply such rental assistance toward the downpayment on a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling.  Declares that displaced homeowners who meet the residency requirement for rental housing replacement assistance but not for homeowner's housing replacement assistance may qualify for rental assistance, at the discretion of the lead agency. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to give displaced persons priority for assistance under public housing programs.  Directs the Small Business Administration and other Federal agencies to provide technical assistance to such persons applying for assistance and to expedite their applications. Requires that all relocation assistance advisory programs:  (1) provide information on suitable locations for displaced farming operations; (2) assure that no person is required to move before being given a reasonable choice of suitable replacement dwellings; and (3) assure that a 180-day homeowner occupant is given a reasonable opportunity to remain in such occupancy status. Provides for the designation of a single, cognizant Federal agency to establish procedures to be used by a non-Federal displacing agency to implement related activities funded by two or more Federal agencies. Directs the lead agency to require that provisions authorizing a displacing agency to use project funds to provide dwellings for displaced persons if the project would be delayed because suitable replacement housing is not otherwise available be used to exceed housing replacement assistance ceilings only on a case-by-case basis and for good cause. Authorizes a displacing agency to provide replacement housing for persons eligible for low-income housing assistance through public housing programs. Permits a Federal agency to discharge its responsibilities by accepting the certification by a State agency that it will implement State law to carry out the Federal relocation assistance program, provided that the lead agency determines that such State law will accomplish the purpose and effect of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Directs the head of the lead agency to monitor and report biennially to Congress on State agency implementation of such certification.  Permits an agency to withdraw acceptance of a certification after providing the State government with notice and an opportunity to demonstrate why such action is is inappropriate.  Permits a Federal agency to withhold approval of any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with any displacing agency found to have intentionally circumvented such State law. Provides that any payment a displaced person receives under State law shall replace a housing replacement or real property acquisition payment for substantially the same purpose under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. Requires the President to designate a lead agency which shall:  (1) promulgate rules to carry out such Act; (2) coordinate relocation assistance activities with Federal and federally-financed low-income housing programs; (3) monitor the implementation of such Act; and (4) report any major problems under such Act to Congress. Requires a State agency to pay the United States all net amounts (currently all amounts) received from the sale of surplus Federal property transferred to the agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing. Repeals the authority of any displacing agency to make loans to various organizations for planning and obtaining federally-insured mortgage financing for housing for displaced persons. Authorizes the lead agency to prescribe a procedure under which Federal agencies may acquire real property without having it appraised. Permits a displaced person to donate the real property being acquired or any of the compensation paid for such property to the acquiring agency. Prohibits a Federal agency from approving any acquisition of real property involving Federal financial assistance unless the acquiring agency assures that:  (1) it will be guided, to the greatest extent possible under State law, by the land acquisition policies of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act; and (2) property owners will be paid for necessary expenses as provided in such Act. Permits a Federal agency to discharge its acquisition responsibilities under such Act by accepting a certification by a State agency, which must be verified by the lead agency, that it will implement State law in a manner that will accomplish the acquisition policies and objectives of such Act.  Directs the lead agency to monitor State agency implementation of such certification. Authorizes the sale or lease of the Fairley Group Building in King County, Washington, if the transfer provides for the continued use of such building as a public market. Extends the authority of the Secretary, from September 30, 1985, to September 30, 1986, to increase Federal assistance for highway projects which utilize innovative technologies. Declares that the fair market value of any lands that have been or are donated to California for the right-of-way for relocation and construction of a certain highway in Orange County, shall be credited first to the non-Federal share of such project costs. Authorizes States to use bridge construction funds to replace ferryboat operations in existence on January 1, 1984. Sets forth effective dates for specified provisions of this Act.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3025,98,s,3025,"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,1984-09-26,1984-09-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,0,"Makes a vessel owner, lessee, or operator liable to the United States for the costs of removal of a wrecked vessel from navigable waters.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3026,98,s,3026,"Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1984",Armed Forces and National Security,1984-09-26,1984-10-02,See H.J.Res.648.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,0,"Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1985 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force.  Appropriates funds for the Department of Defense Retirement Fund for retired military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, including the reserves. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force,and the Defense agencies, including their respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards.  Appropriates funds for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, claims against the Department of Defense, the Court of Military Appeals, and environmental restoration. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, and other equipment and materials.  Includes transfers of funds for specified procurement to remain available through FY 1986. Directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the appropriate committees 30 days before expending funds for the Division Air Defense system with a certification that after the initial production testing, such system meets or exceeds requirements and is necessary to counter the Soviet threat. Appropriates and transfers funds for procurement by the Navy of aircraft, weapons, conversion and shipbuilding of vessels, and other equipment and materials.  Prohibits the use of funds for naval vessel construction in foreign shipyards. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft, missiles, and other equipment and materials.  Includes transfers of funds for aircraft procurement.  Limits MX missile procurement to 21 operational missiles. Permits the procurement of additional missiles only upon: (1) the President's determination and report to Congress after March 1, 1985, that additional missiles are in the national interest and analysis of basing modes, such missiles' effect on arms control policy, and the vulnerability of land-based ICBMs; and (2) the passing of two successive joint resolutions approving the obligation of funds.  Sets forth congressional procedures for the consideration of such resolutions. Appropriates funds for the National Guard, Reserve, and Defense Agencies' procurement and for Defense Production Act purchases. Makes all such appropriations available through FY 1987 unless otherwise specified. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the defense agencies.  Permits the merger of appropriations for advanced research.  Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Director of Defense Test and Evaluation. Makes all such appropriations available through FY 1986. Title V: Special Foreign Currency Program - Appropriates funds for FY 1985 for excess payments in foreign currencies for expenses in carrying out the programs of the Department of Defense. Title VI: Revolving and Maintenance Funds - Appropriates funds for the armed forces and defense stock funds. Transfers specified unobligated appropriations to the Merchant Ship Construction Revolving Fund. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the intelligence community staff and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund. Title VIII: General Provisions - Limits the expenditure of appropriations for consulting services to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and of the service departments to procure the services of experts and consultants if advantageous to the national defense. Exempts the Defense Department from the prohibition against employing non-citizens. Makes appropriations available for specified incidental and noncombatant expenses of the Department including motor vehicle insurance, maintenance of prisoners, school transportation of military dependents, maintenance of facilities, ships, and equipment, dependents' medical treatment, and certain subsistence expenses. Directs the Secretary of Defense and each agency of the Department to assist American small and minority-owned businesses in their participation in defense contracts. Permits the President to exempt appropriations available for military functions from the requirement that appropriations be distributed so as to prevent deficiencies or the need for supplemental funding. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the cost of any increases in military personnel required by the President for an airborne alert.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress monthly on the exercise of this authority. Prohibits the use of appropriations for specified practices, including: (1) the operation of commissaries; (2) proficiency flying; and (3) excess household goods shippage and storage. Permits the transfer of vessels among the Departments of Transportation and Defense. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year except as specified. Permits the Department of Defense to accept the use of real property and services from foreign countries in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational arrangements or as reciprocal international courtesies.  Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to Congress on the properties and services received. Permits the use of appropriations for research and development and for the acquisition or furnishing of facilities for such activities. Limits the availability of appropriations for educational costs for off-duty training of military personnel to specified percentages of such costs. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for: (1) Sr. ROTC courses for anyone who has not executed the required loyalty oath; (2) the procurement of articles not produced in the United States, except for small purchases and as specified; and (3) the payment of a price differential on contracts to relieve economic dislocations, except as specified. Limits the use of appropriations for inactive duty training pay for the Reserves and National Guard. Permits the use of appropriations for uniforms or uniform allowances for civilian employees. Limits the funds available for legislative liaison activities of the Department. Earmarks appropriations for the procurement of commercial transportation service from carriers participating in the civil reserve air fleet program. Permits the use of appropriations for civilian clothing for certain discharged enlisted personnel. Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer and merge specified working capital funds.  Directs the Secretary to notify Congress of all transfers.  Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) loans, loan guarantees, or grants to persons convicted of crimes against the property of an institution of higher education which interfered with the functioning of such institution; (2) the conversion of heating plants from coal to oil at defense facilities in Europe; (3) research involving uninformed or nonvoluntary human beings as experimental subjects; (4) the preparation of a request to the Appropriations Committees for reprogramming of funds, except as specified; (5) certain claims for nonemergency inpatient hospital care provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services and (CHAMPUS); and (6) certain services under CHAMPUS,including unreferred family counseling, special education, sexual dysfunction, and cosmetic surgery. Permits the use of CHAMPUS funds for one wig for an individual with alopecia resulting from treatment of malignant diseases. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) more than 300 enlisted aides for officers; (2) the cost of public affairs activities in excess of a specified amount; (3) administering funds credited to the Department under provisions of the Arms Export Control Act; (4) Senior ROTC units which have had classes with insufficient enrollment; and (5) certain overnight lodging expenses when government quarters are available. Prohibits the use of assets of the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund for pensions of certain enlisted members of the regular forces who are transferred to the Reserves. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) Central Intelligence Agency programs beyond the current fiscal year, except as specified; (2) salaries of persons who transfer unobligated or deobligated appropriations into the Reserve for Contingencies of the Central Intelligence Agency; and (3) excessive military personnel costs associated with morale, welfare, and recreation activities. Ratifies and confirms obligations incurred in anticipation of this Act if in accordance with this Act. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered; (2) elective correction of marks or minor anatomical anomalies; and (3) the payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Federal Republic of Germany other than claims under the Global Agreement. Permits the Secretary to contract with collection agencies to recover indebtedness to the United States. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) noncompetitive contracts for studies or consulting services unless certain unique elements are present; (2) nonreimbursed medical care in the United States to foreign military or diplomatic personnel or their dependents; (3) certain second career training programs; (4) the demilitarization of surplus nonautomatic firearms less than a specified caliber; (5) certain multiyear contracts utilizing economic order quantity procurement or unfunded contingent liabilities in excess of a specified amount; and (6) excessive per diems in lieu of subsistence when an enlisted member is in a travel status. Prohibits the use of the assets of the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military pensions for certain personnel in amounts greater than those reflected after required recomputations based on partial year credits are made. Prohibits the use of appropriations for: (1) waivers of certain cost recovery under the Arms Export Control Act unless the Appropriations Committees are given advanced notice; (2) the transportation of equipment or material designated as Prepositioned Materiel Configured in Unit Sets (POMCUS) in Europe in excess of four division sets except as specified to maintain certain inventories at a fixed percent of established requirements; (3) the transfer of manufacturing equipment and data for military equipment to a foreign country without the prior approval of the Secretary concerned; (4) the transfer of a technical data package or any assistance from any Government-owned and operated defense plant manufacturing large caliber cannons to any foreign government; and (5) unjustified intelligence activity unless the Appropriations Committees are notified. Requires the Advanced Technology Bomber program to be funded at a level at least equal to that provided by the conference committee. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) the purchase of foreign coal or coke for U.S. defense facilities in Europe when U.S. coal is available; (2) the procurement of manual typewriters from Warsaw Pact countries; (3) more than 37 Executive Schedule Positions in the Department; (4) converting certain military technician positions to nonmilitary positions in support of the reserves and the guards; and (5) imposing a civilian personnel ceiling on industrially funded activities of the Department. Permits the transfer and merger of funds for increased pay costs for research, development, test, and evaluation. Directs the use of Indian labor and products whenever practicable. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) leasing Department aircraft or vehicles to non-Federal agencies when commercial alternatives are available; (2) congressional lobbying; (3) certain multiyear leasing or chartering of vessels with excessive termination liabilities; (4) enforcing small business contract prequalification requirements; (5) selling or leasing any land which is part of Fort DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii; (6) the operation of more than 247 commissaries in the contiguous United States; (7) procuring certain foreign-manufactured aircraft ejection seats; (8) unemployment benefits over a specified amount; (9) certain nonmilitary Army Reserve technicians; (10) too frequent adjustments of the base period for determining comparable professional service fees in a locality under CHAMPUS; (11) shipbuilding claims arising out of events occurring more than 18 months before the claim's submission; (12) the transfer of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools to the Department of Education; (13) certain purchases of aircraft power supply cable assemblies beyond a specified percent; (14) purchasing dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds; (15) transporting household goods to or from Alaska and Hawaii under the competitive rate program; and (16) the full-scale engineering development of any major defense acquisition program until the Secretary certifies to the Appropriations Committees that there will be sufficient production sources. Limits the amount of funds which may be used for the transportation of dependent children of members stationed overseas.  Permits the use of limited funds for travel expenses of a family of a member who dies in the line of duty to attend the funeral of such member. Prohibits the use of funds for the payment of variable housing allowances beyond the actual differences between between actual housing costs and the basic allowance for quarters. Prohibits the use of appropriations to compensate certain foreign selling costs. Permits the use of appropriations for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should inform and consult with NATO members and Japan on the Strategic Defense Initiative program.    Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on such consultations. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should insist that pertinent NATO members meet or exceed their FY 1984 and 1985 pledges for a three percent real growth annual increase in defense spending and that Japan further increase its defense spending. Authorizes the retention in active status until age 60 of certain reserve or guard technicians. Permits a limited transfer of funds for health care delivery demonstration projects upon notification of Congress by the Secretary of such transfer. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) transporting chemical munitions into the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot for future demilitarization; or (2) procuring fresh milk more than three days old. Repeals the prohibition against establishing a second source of production for the M-1 tank. Permits the Secretary to use limited appropriations under CHAMPUS to provide specified dental benefits for active duty service member dependents under 18. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) charters of vehicles, vessels, or aircraft in excess of 18 months without prior congressional approval; or (2) the consolidation or conversion of certain heating facilities to district heating systems in Defense installations in Europe. Transfers from the Administrator of General Services to the Director of Central Intelligence the responsibility for protecting Agency real property. Expresses the sense of Congress that the rights and privileges of official representatives to the United States of a foreign government which engages in harmful intelligence activities within the United States should be equal to those enjoyed by representatives of the United States in such countries. Directs the President to report annually to the appropriate Congressional committees on actions taken to conform such rights and privileges. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require that either the Director or the Deputy Director of the Office of Foreign Missions be an individual who has served in the U.S. intelligence community while the other be an individual who has served in the U.S. Foreign Service. Prohibits the disposal of any silver from the National Defense Strategic Stockpile until the President reports to the Armed Services Committees. Permits the payment of a station housing allowance to a member stationed in Alaska or Hawaii in lieu of a variable housing allowance. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to contract for family housing units at Fort Drum, New York, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and Fort Benning, Georgia, if necessary to accommodate the restationing of the light infantry divisions.",2026-01-07T12:41:36Z,
98-s-3027,98,s,3027,Head Start Reauthorization Act,Education,1984-09-26,1984-10-30,See S. 2565.,Senate,"Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]",UT,R,H000338,1,"Head Start Reauthorization Act - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for programs under the Act through FY 1986. Requires the Secretary of Education to reserve for training and technical assistance for each fiscal year funds which are not less than the amount spent for such activities under the Act in FY 1982.  Provides that such minimum reservation shall not apply in any fiscal year in which the appropriation for the Head Start program is less than the amount appropriated for FY 1984. Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies.  Requires that the designated agency be in the community which it serves.  Requires the Secretary to give priority in the designation of such agencies to any local public or private nonprofit agency (or its successor agency) receiving funds under any Head Start program on a specified date, unless the Secretary makes a finding that the agency involved fails to meet program and fiscal requirements established by the Secretary.  Requires that any such designation be governed by the same program and fiscal requirements, criteria, and standards as are applicable to existing Head Start programs.  Requires that specified provisions relating to the initial designations of Head Start agencies be applied by the Secretary in the distribution of any additional appropriations made available under the Act during any fiscal year. Permits each Head Start program operated in a community to provide more than one year of Head Start services to children from age three to the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the Head Start program is located. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance and training in connection with Head Start programs.  (Under current law, the Secretary is authorized to provide such technical assistance and training.)  Requires that such training activities include:  (1) a centralized child development training and national assessment program, which may be administered at the State and local level, leading to recognized credentials for such personnel; and (2) resource access projects for such personnel working with handicapped children. Prohibits any revision in Head Start performance standards which would result in either the elimination of or the reduction in the scope or types of health, education, parental involvement, social or other services required to be provided under the performance standards in effect on November 2, 1978.",2025-08-29T17:39:22Z,
98-s-3028,98,s,3028,Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Federal Challenge Grants Act,Families,1984-09-26,1984-10-09,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,3,"Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Federal Challenge Grants Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make challenge grants to any State in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the State has collected funds for child abuse and neglect prevention activities through a trust fund or other funding mechanism. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1985 through 1989. Sets forth State eligibility provisions.  Sets forth specified activities for which such State funding must be available. Limits the amount of any such challenge grant to a State in any fiscal year to the lesser of either:  (1) 25 percent of  the total amount made available by such State for such activities in the previous fiscal year; or (2) an amount equal to 50 cents time the number of children residing in such State. Sets forth application requirements for such challenge grants.  Requires the trust fund advisory board, or in States without a trust mechanism, the State liaison agency to the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect to be responsible for administering and awarding Federal grants to eligible recipients carrying out specified activities under this Act. Prohibits assistance under this Act from being used as a source for non-Federal funds for the matching requirements of any other provision of Federal law. Requires such State recordkeeping and reporting as the Secretary deems essential to carry out this Act. Sets forth provisions for withholding and auditing of such grants. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress at the end of each year a compilation and analysis of any reports submitted by eligible States under this Act.",2025-08-29T17:39:06Z,
98-s-3029,98,s,3029,"A bill to provide for the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center to be established by the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida.",Education,1984-09-26,1984-10-09,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]",FL,R,H000374,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida, to establish the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center.  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.",2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
98-s-3018,98,s,3018,Protection of United States Government Personnel Act of 1984,International Affairs,1984-09-25,1984-10-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,2,"Protection of United States Government Personnel Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to commit terrorist acts against U.S. Government employees abroad.  Imposes a sentence of any term of years or for life for any person who kills or attempts to kill any officer or employee of the United States. Provides for a fine of not more than  $5,000 or imprisonment for three years or both ($10,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years if a dangerous weapon is used) for any person who assaults, wounds, imprisons, or makes a violent attack against any U.S. officer or employee or his or her official premises, private accommodations, or means of transport.",2025-08-29T17:38:35Z,
98-s-3019,98,s,3019,A bill to require that the positions of Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence be filled by career intelligence officers.,Armed Forces and National Security,1984-09-25,1984-09-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,1,Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require that the Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence be appointed from among career civilian or military intelligence officers.,2025-01-14T19:06:24Z,
98-s-3020,98,s,3020,A bill to create a federal criminal offense for operating or directing the operation of a common carrier while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.,Transportation and Public Works,1984-09-25,1984-09-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,0,"Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense for any person to operate or direct the operation of a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and as a result cause: (1) damage to the property of another; or (2) injury to any other person. Imposes a fine of not more than $10,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than five years for violations of this Act.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3021,98,s,3021,"A bill to name the Federal Building in Elkins, West Virginia, the ""Jennings Randolph Federal Center"".",Government Operations and Politics,1984-09-25,1984-10-30,Became Public Law No: 98-560.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,33,"Designates the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, Elkins, West Virginia, as the Jennings Randolph Federal Center.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3022,98,s,3022,National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1984,Health,1984-09-25,1984-09-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,1,"National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1984 - Title I:  Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research - Establishes: (1) a ten-year National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program; and (2) a Directorate, with the Secretaries of Defense, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services as joint chairpersons, to implement such program. Sets forth the Directorate's functions, including: (1) establishing National Science Foundation-administered matching grants to accelerate the development of uniform and cost-effective standards to monitor nutritional and health status; (2) establishing Centers for Disease Control-administered grants to assist States and local governments to monitor and enhance nutrition services; and (3) submitting an annual report to the President and the Congress by January 15 of each year. Requires the Directorate to prepare a National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Plan which shall:  (1) assess and report on U.S. nutritional and dietary trends; (2) sponsor or conduct research; (3) develop and maintain dietary and nutritional data resources; (4) coordinate Federal activities and assist similar State and local activities, including scientific and technical assistance; (5) maintain and coordinate present and future nutrition and dietary surveys, including the development of uniform survey standards; and (6) encourage private sector and academic program participation. Requires a 60-day public comment period before such plan is submitted in final form to the President and the Congress. Provides for scientific research and development in support of such program and plan. Authorizes:  (1) FY 1985 appropriations to be available until expended to establish the Directorate and the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council (as provided for in title II of this Act); and (2) ten-year appropriations for the National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control grant programs. Title II:  National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council - Establishes a 15-member Advisory Council to:  (1) evaluate such program and plan; (2) provide scientific and technical advice; and (3) submit an annual report to the Directorate.",2025-08-29T17:40:02Z,
98-s-3015,98,s,3015,Federal Reserve Bank Directors Act of 1984,Finance and Financial Sector,1984-09-24,1984-09-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,2,"Federal Reserve Bank Directors Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to increase from nine to 11 the number of members of the board of directors of a Federal Reserve bank. Increases from three to five the number of class C members selected by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for membership on the board of a Federal Reserve bank. Provides that not more than two directors of class C shall be officers or directors, employees, or stockholders of any depository institution which is not a member of the Federal Reserve System. Prohibits the chairman or deputy chairman of the board of a Federal Reserve bank from being an officer or director, employee, or stockholder of any depository institution. Provides that the class C director with the longest tenure on the board who is not an officer or director, employee, or stockholder of any depository institution shall preside at meetings in the absence of the chairman and deputy chairman. Requires the designation of the two new members appointed pursuant to this Act at the first meeting of the full board of directors of each Federal Reserve bank after the date of enactment of this Act. Sets the respective terms of office of such new members.",2025-08-29T17:39:06Z,
98-s-3016,98,s,3016,A bill for the relief of Benefrido C. Santiago.,Private Legislation,1984-09-24,1984-09-26,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3017,98,s,3017,Domestic Food Assistance Act of 1984,Agriculture and Food,1984-09-24,1984-10-05,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1333.,Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,9,"Domestic Food Assistance Act of 1984 - Title I:  Food Stamp Program - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to raise food stamp allotments from 99 to 100 percent of the thrifty food plan. Increases the earned income deduction from 18 to 20 percent. Makes households each of whose members receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) categorically eligible for program participation.  States that denial of eligibility or termination of benefits from such programs cannot be a basis for denial of food stamp eligibility or termination of benefits. Increases the resources limitation from $1500 to $2250, and from $3000 to $3500 for the elderly and disabled. Increases the threshold for accounting a vehicle's value against resources from $4500 to $5500. Permits States to stagger coupon issuance. Requires (currently permits) the Secretary to provide for alternative means of coupon issuance if doing so would improve program integrity. Prohibits financial institutions from charging retail food stores coupon redemption fees. Directs States to periodically assess the need to keep food stamp offices open during weekend or evening hours. Makes homeless persons eligible for food stamps. Prohibits appropriations under such Act from being transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture. Requires States imposing a sales tax on food stamp purchases to transfer such revenues to the Secretary of the Treasury within 15 months of the end of each fiscal year. Authorizes States to establish community work experience programs. Title II:  Nutrition Surveillance - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to include periodic health and nutrition samplings of vulnerable low income groups in the Department of Agriculture's continuing food consumption survey. Title III:  Food Distribution and Emergency Shelters - Authorizes the transfer of specified agricultural commodities to public or nonprofit organizations for low-income assistance. Authorizes military commissaries to donate surplus food to local food banks. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to assist the homeless.  Authorizes FY 1984 through 1986 appropriations. Title IV:  Effective Dates - Makes the provisions of this Act effective within 45 days after enactment.",2025-08-29T17:41:17Z,
98-s-3013,98,s,3013,Space Development Act of 1984,Taxation,1984-09-21,1984-09-25,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.",Senate,"Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]",WA,R,G000333,8,"Space Development Act of 1984 - Provides that activities performed in space for U.S. persons on any spacecraft predominantly used or operated in space and controlled from locations within the United States, articles produced in space primarily for sale or use within the United States upon such spacecraft, and assets used or operated in space upon such spacecraft (including such spacecraft) shall be treated as activities performed, or articles produced, within the United States for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code and the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment tax credit for any tangible personal property which is predominantly used or operated in space and which is either a spacecraft or is used or operated upon such spacecraft. Includes as recovery property eligible as a tax deduction with respect to the recovery cost system any tangible property used in space subject to the allowance for depreciation.  Includes in the gross income of a taxpayer certain income derived from commercial activity in space.",2025-08-29T17:41:40Z,
98-s-3014,98,s,3014,Hazardous Substance Response Act of 1984,Environmental Protection,1984-09-21,1984-09-26,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency.",Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,1,"Hazardous Substance Response Act of 1984 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) (CERCLA) and the Internal Revenue Code to add provisions for the imposition of an environmental excise tax on the disposal or long-term storage of hazardous waste. Imposes such tax on:  (1) the receipt of hazardous waste for disposal at a qualified hazardous waste disposal facility; or (2) long-term storage of a hazardous waste in a qualified waste storage facility. Sets the amount of such tax at:  (1) $45 for each ton of hazardous waste which is disposed of by landfill, in waste piles, or by surface impoundment; (2) $25 for each ton of hazardous waste  which is disposed of by ocean dumping or land treatment; (3) $5 for each ton of hazardous waste which is disposed of by underground injection; and (4) $45 for each ton of hazardous waste which is placed in long-term storage. Provides for an alternative computation of such tax.  Allows the owner or operator of a qualified hazardous waste disposal or long-term storage facility to elect to pay a tax of $50 per ton on the amount of waste deposited for disposal or storage, reduced by the weight of water which the owner or operator can establish is in such waste, in lieu of the taxes which would otherwise be paid under this Act. Provides for an exclusion from such tax for certain wastes. Provides such exclusion for wastes which are, as of the enactment date of this Act, exempt from regulation as hazardous waste under specified provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in the event that any such waste is determined to pose a potential danger to human health and the environment and disposal regulations are promulgated, to transmit to Congress recommendations for imposing such tax, if any, on such waste.  Provides that such tax shall be imposed on such waste only when authorized by Act of Congress. Provides such exclusion for wastes which are not, as of the enactment date of this Act, identified or listed under specified provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.  Provides that such tax shall be imposed on such waste only when authorized by an Act of Congress. Provides such exclusion for wastes in a surface impoundment which:  (1) contains treated waste water during the secondary or tertiary phase of a biological treatment facility subject to a permit issued under specified provisions of the Clean Water Act (or which holds such treated waste after treatment and prior to discharge); and (2) is in compliance with generally applicable water monitoring requirements for facilities with permits under hazardous waste management provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Provides such exclusion for any waste:  (1) the disposal or long-term storage of which is carried out by any person in the course of carrying out any removal or remedial action under CERCLA if such disposal is carried out in accordance with a plan approved by the Administrator or the State; (2) removed from any facility listed on the National Priorities List; or (3) removed from a facility for which notification has been provided to the Administrator pursuant to specified CERCLA provisions. Sets forth provisions for liability for such tax. Imposes such tax on:  (1) the owner or operator of the qualified hazardous waste disposal or storage facility at which the hazardous waste is disposed of or stored; or (2) the person disposing of the hazardous waste, in the case of hazardous waste disposed of or stored for a long term at other than a qualified hazardous waste disposal or storage facility but required by regulation to be disposed of or stored at a qualified facility. Provides for a credit for prior tax.  Requires that a credit be allowed in the computation of any tax due under this Act on the disposal of a hazardous waste for any tax previously paid under this Act by the disposer on the long-term storage of such hazardous waste.  Provides that, in the event that a person who has paid a tax under this Act on the long-term storage of a hazardous waste causes such hazardous waste to be delivered to and received by another person who is the owner or operator of a qualified hazardous waste disposal facility, then the person who paid the tax on the long-term storage shall be allowed a credit for such tax in the computation of any tax subsequently due on the long-term storage or disposal of such waste.  Establishes a presumption that the last of fungible waste placed in a qualified hazardous waste storage facility shall be the first to be removed from such facility, for purposes of determining any such credit allowances for such fungible waste. Provides for fractional taxing of a fraction of a ton. Provides that such tax shall not apply to the hazardous waste which is received for disposal or placed into long-term storage prior to the effective date of this Act. Terminates such tax after September 30, 1990. Sets forth definitions for purposes of this Act. Sets forth requirements for recordkeeping, statements, and tax returns under this Act. Requires every person who disposes of or stores hazardous wastes for one year or more subject to taxation under this Act to keep records, render such statements, make such returns, and comply with rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe to ensure the proper assessment, payment, and collection of the taxes imposed by this Act.  Directs the Secretary to consult with the Administrator to ensure that such records, statements, and return shall be consistent, to the extent possible, with the reports required to be submitted to the Administrator under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.  Authorizes the Secretary to require any person who generates, transports, disposes of, or stores hazardous wastes for one year or more and who is required to maintain records under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, or the Safe Drinking Water Act, to submit copies of such reports or make such reports available to the Secretary as required. Provides that the amendments made by this Act, unless otherwise provided, shall take effect January 1, 1986. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, to report to Congress by January 1, 1987, on the amount of revenues being collected in accordance with this Act. Requires such report to include the Secretary's recommendations, if any, for changes in such tax in order to:  (1) raise an amount of revenue equivalent to the anticipated amount of revenue from the tax originally imposed under this Act; (2) ensure that the tax is discouraging the disposal of waste in an environmentally unsound manner; and (3) ensure that the tax is being collected with maximum administrative feasibility. Revises CERCLA provisions for transfers to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Superfund) to include amounts received in the Treasury under Internal Revenue Code provisions, as added by this Act, for the tax on disposal or long-term storage of hazardous waste.",2025-08-29T17:37:56Z,
98-s-3010,98,s,3010,"A bill to amend the Act of May 29, 1884, to grant States and political subdivisions greater flexibility in conducting indemnity programs for the control and eradication of brucellosis of domestic animals, and for other purposes.",Animals,1984-09-20,1984-09-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]",AR,D,B001057,2,Permits a State or political subdivision to use money received from the Secretary of Agriculture for use in the control and eradication of brucellosis of domestic animals to:  (1) test and vaccinate animals for brucellosis; and (2) pay claims due to the destruction of animals affected by or exposed to brucellosis.,2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
98-s-3011,98,s,3011,"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,1984-09-20,1984-09-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,0,"Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to increase the authorization for the rehabilitation of the Illinois-Mississippi Canal, Illinois.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3012,98,s,3012,"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.",Water Resources Development,1984-09-20,1984-09-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake advance engineering and design of water resources development projects after submitting a report to Congress recommending project implementation.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3008,98,s,3008,"A bill to recognize the organization known as The Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.",Government Operations and Politics,1984-09-19,1984-09-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO]",CO,R,A000219,7,"Grants a Federal charter to The Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3009,98,s,3009,Geriatric Manpower Act of 1984,Health,1984-09-19,1984-09-25,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, GAO, OMB.",Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,1,"Geriatric Manpower Act of 1984 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for:  (1) internal medicine and general pediatrics training grants; (2) family medicine and general dentistry training grants; (3) grants for start-up assistance and curriculum development to schools; (4) advanced nurse training program grants; and (5) nurse practitioner program grants.  Provides, for each authorization of appropriations, that a specific amount shall be available for programs relating to geriatrics.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1990 for:  (1) training and instruction activities and traineeships and fellowships of the National Institute on Aging; (2) training, instruction, and traineeships relating to the mental health problems and illnesses of the elderly and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of mentally ill elderly individuals. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for training, research, and discretionary projects and programs for FY 1986 through 1990.  Sets aside for each year a specific amount for training and instructional activities.",2025-08-29T17:41:21Z,
98-s-3000,98,s,3000,A bill to authorize the provision of foreign assistance for agricultural activities in Poland.,International Affairs,1984-09-18,1984-09-25,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1225.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,9,Authorizes the use of a specified amount of Economic Support Fund money for agricultural activities in Poland which are managed by the Polish Catholic Church or other nongovernmental organizations.,2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
98-s-3001,98,s,3001,A bill permitting American prisoners of war held by the Japanese after the Bataan death march to sue in the United States Court of Claims.,Government Operations and Politics,1984-09-18,1984-09-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Practice&Procedure.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,Entitles surviving American prisoners of war who were held by the Japanese during World War II and who took part in the Bataan death march in the Philippine Islands to bring a class action suit in the United States Claims Court against the Government of Japan or any Japanese business entity enriched by the forced labors of such prisoners.  Establishes a statute of limitations of six years for such action.,2026-01-07T14:45:52Z,
98-s-3002,98,s,3002,Temporary Agricultural Interest Rate Reduction Act of 1984,Agriculture and Food,1984-09-18,1984-09-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA]",IA,R,J000101,3,"Temporary Agricultural Interest Rate Reduction Act of 1984 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a one-year program of agricultural operating loan interest rate reductions if interest rates are ten percent or more as of March 1, 1985. Requires participants to repay any assistance provided under this Act.",2025-08-29T17:39:11Z,
98-s-3003,98,s,3003,Correctional Improvements Act of 1984,Crime and Law Enforcement,1984-09-18,1984-09-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,2,"Correctional Improvements Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to extend the escape from custody offense to persons who are in custody as a result of civil contempt. Prohibits providing or possessing contraband in Federal prison. Makes it a Federal offense for any person to provide an inmate with:  (1) a firearm or other destructive device; (2) any weapon or object that may be used as a means to facilitate escape; (3) narcotic drugs; (4) controlled substances; (5) alcoholic beverages; (6) U.S. currency; or (7) any other object.  Prohibits Federal inmates from possessing the above.  Establishes penalties based upon the kind of contraband either provided or possessed. Provides for imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than $25,000 for any person who intentionally causes or assists in any mutiny or riot in Federal prison. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of contraband found in the possession of prisoners. Establishes an offense involving the trespass upon any reservation, land or facility of the Bureau of Prisons. Extends the arrest authority of the officers and employees of the Bureau of Prisons. Authorizes the Attorney General to contract with private organizations and entities for the imprisonment, subsistence, care, and employment of Federal prisoners. Increases the maximum amount of the gratuity given prisoners upon discharge from $100 to $500. Establishes authority for the United States to exchange inmates with States. Authorizes the Attorney General to accept gifts or donations of property for the use of the Bureau of Prisons, or the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.  Allows the Bureau of Prisons to accept voluntary services. Authorizes the chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional facility to order an autopsy on the body of a deceased inmate.",2025-08-29T17:38:16Z,
98-s-3004,98,s,3004,A bill for the relief of Tirouhi Marcarian.,Private Legislation,1984-09-18,1984-09-24,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
98-s-3005,98,s,3005,"A bill to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Ashland, Kentucky, as the ""Carl D. Perkins Federal Building and United States Courthouse.""",Government Operations and Politics,1984-09-18,1984-09-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]",KY,D,H000905,1,"Designates the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Ashland, Kentucky, as the Carl D. Perkins Federal Building and United States Courthouse.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
98-s-3006,98,s,3006,A bill to amend the Federal Power Act.,Water Resources Development,1984-09-18,1984-09-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA]",WA,R,E000236,3,"Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the granting of a license for the development of dams or other works for the storage of water, or for the development of power, on the Columbia River or its tributaries until the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has developed and adopted, in consultation with the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council, detailed procedures for:  (1) prior consolidated reviews of individual proposals in a given river basin; (2) prior assessment of cumulative impacts of individual projects in a given river basin; and (3) a timetable for implementation of the Council's Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Program.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
98-s-3007,98,s,3007,Federal Employees Day Care Benefits Study Act of 1984,Labor and Employment,1984-09-18,1984-10-04,Referred to Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services.,Senate,"Sen. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA]",VA,R,T000367,1,"Federal Employees' Day Care Benefits Study Act of 1984 - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to enter into a contract with a consultant to help: (1) identify options for a Government program of providing workday care benefits to dependent children of Federal employees; and (2) conduct a cost-benefits analysis of such options. Lists options to be considered including:  (1) a program to furnish vouchers to pay for child care services; (2) programs to furnish child care at the place of employment, under a Government contract, or through a consortium of Government agencies and other employers using child care services; and (3) a program to provide information and referral services relating to child care. Requires the Comptroller General to determine through such cost-benefit analysis whether the Government would save money by conducting such a program by reason of such factors as:  (1) increased productivity; (2) reduced employee turnover, absenteeism, tardiness, use of leave, or loss of worktime; (3) increased loyalty; and (4) reduced recruitment costs resulting from increased attractiveness of Government employment. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress within one year on the analysis and any recommendations for administrative action or legislation. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T17:39:44Z,
98-s-2997,98,s,2997,Contract Chicken Growers Protection Amendment of 1984,Agriculture and Food,1984-09-17,1984-09-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Contract Chicken Growers Protection Amendment of 1984 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to require poultry processors to pay their contract growers within seven days of delivery, unless otherwise agreed to (up to a maximum of 30 days). Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce such requirement through existing provisions of such Act.",2025-08-29T17:39:18Z,
98-s-2998,98,s,2998,Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act,Education,1984-09-17,1984-09-25,"Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB, GAO.",Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,"Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add this Act as part A (Gifted and Talented Children) of title IX (Additional Programs) of ESEA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1989 for programs for gifted and talented children.  Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve 15 percent of such appropriations or $3,000,000, whichever is larger, for carrying out discretionary programs.  Requires that the remainder of such appropriations be available for State programs. Sets forth provisions for State programs.  Directs the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for the Federal share of the costs of planning, developing, operating, and improving programs to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels.  Permits such programs to include: (1) inservice training of personnel to teach such children; (2) demonstration programs designed to develop special techniques for teaching such children, and assessments of such programs; and (3) State leadership programs to assist in extending programs for such children throughout the State.  Directs the Secretary to allot such funds in accordance with specified provisions. Requires SEA applications for such grants to contain specified assurances, including the assurance that appropriate consideration will be given to the particular educational needs of disadvantaged gifted and talented children. Prohibits a SEA from reserving more than ten percent of grant funds for program administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning.  Requires a SEA to distribute, on a competitive basis, at least 90 percent of grant funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) which apply, with due regard for the quality of the proposed activities.  Requires a SEA to use at least 50 percent of grant funds for programs and projects which include a component for the identification and education of disadvantaged gifted and talented children from low-income families. Permits use of grant funds for instructional equipment only if such equipment will enhance the program or project.  Prohibits SEA approval of an LEA application unless the needs of children in nonprofit private elementary and secondary schools have been taken into account.  Requires the SEA to provide technical assistance for proposals and programs of LEAs which are unable to compete due to smaller size or lack of financial resources. Requires that an opportunity for a hearing be afforded before the Secretary may disapprove an application which does not meet specified requirements. Sets forth provisions for discretionary programs relating to education of gifted and talented children.  Authorizes the Secretary, from amounts reserved for discretionary programs, to pay the Federal share of the costs of grants or contracts to SEAs, LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public or private organizations for: (1) leadership training of personnel engaged in the education of gifted and talented children; (2) an information clearinghouse; and (3) research, evaluation, and related activities.  Sets forth application requirements for discretionary program grants and contracts.  Applies specified ESEA requirements relating to private school pupil and teacher participation in such discretionary programs, unless such requirements cannot be legally met in the State. Sets forth provisions for State allotments of appropriations for programs for gifted and talented children.  Directs the Secretary to allot up to one percent of such appropriations, in accordance with their respective needs, among: (1) specified territories and possessions of the United States; (2) programs in schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior; and (3) programs in overseas dependent schools of the Department of Defense.  Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among applicant States on the basis of numbers of children aged five through 17, with a $50,000 minimum allotment to each State.  Sets forth provisions for reallotment of any State allotment exceeding the amount a State needs and will be able to use in a fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer and coordinate programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that any Indian tribe or Hawaiian organization which operates schools for its children shall be deemed an LEA for purposes of this Act. Makes the Federal share for any fiscal year 90 percent, but 100 percent for programs and projects involving participation of private school students. Makes conforming amendments to the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Makes a technical amendment to ESEA.",2025-08-29T17:39:34Z,
98-s-2999,98,s,2999,A bill to impose quotas on the importation of certain copper articles for 5 years.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1984-09-17,1984-09-26,"Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.",Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a limit on the amount of certain copper articles provided for in the Tariff Schedules of the United States that may be entered into the United States during any year within the five year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.  Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of copper that may be entered into the United States for such period.,2025-01-03T20:54:05Z,