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98-hr-6440	98	hr	6440	A bill to designate the main channel for the project for San Leandro Marina, California, as the "Jack D. Maltester Channel", and for other purposes.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-11	1984-10-12	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.	House	Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]	NJ	D	R000383	0	(Measure passed House, amended) Designates the main channel for the project for San Leandro Marina, California, as the Jack D. Maltester Channel. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, New York, as the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building. Requires the Postmaster General to install an appropriate plaque indicating such designation. Designates the Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the William A. Barrett Social Security Building. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Moorestown, New Jersey, as the Edwin B. Forsythe Post Office Building. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Jeannette, Pennsylvania, as the John Dent Post Office Building. Designates the U.S. Post Office Building, Romulus, Michigan, as the Carl W. Morris Post Office Building.	2025-01-14T19:03:55Z
98-hr-6441	98	hr	6441	A bill to eliminate restrictions with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls on the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike upon repayment by the Commonwealth of Virginia of certain Federal-aid highway funds used on such turnpike.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-11	1984-10-30	Became Public Law No: 98-607.	House	Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-3]	VA	R	B000556	1	Declares the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike free of restrictions on the imposition of tolls upon the repayment by the Commonwealth of Virginia of certain Federal-aid highway funds relating to such Turnpike.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6442	98	hr	6442	A bill to provide for the use and distribution of the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa Indians judgement funds in docket 18-S and in docket 18-U, before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.	Native Americans	1984-10-11	1984-10-11	Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.	House	Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11]	MI	R	D000131	0	Provides formulae for the distribution and use of judgment funds awarded to the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa Indians in the States of Wisconsin and Michigan. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to divide specified funds on the basis of the population and of reservation community groups as reflected in certain census and annuity rolls. Declares that the apportioned shares of certain Chippewa Bands shall be held in trust and invested by the Secretary until the Secretary approves such Bands' proposals for their use. Requires that certain percentages of the judgment funds be administered by the Secretary for per capita distribution according to specified guidelines. Exempts the funds from: (1) State or Federal income taxes; and (2) being considered as income or resources regarding eligibility for assistance under Federal assistance programs (including the Social Security Act).	2024-02-07T13:32:55Z
98-hr-6430	98	hr	6430	A bill to amend the River and Harbor Act of 1946.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-10	1984-10-30	Became Public Law No: 98-606.	House	Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1]	VA	R	B000229	0	Modifies the project for navigation, Newport News Creek, Virginia, to authorize the State of Virginia to relocate and reconstruct such project following approval by the Secretary of the Army.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6431	98	hr	6431	A bill to amend chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, to impose a criminal penalty for revealing prematurely the results obtained by polling voters on election day.	Crime and Law Enforcement	1984-10-10	1984-10-10	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-23]	CA	D	B000318	0	Amends the Federal criminal code to make it an offense for any person to poll any voter, within one thousand feet of any polling place, before or after such voter has voted in an election with the intent to reveal prematurely such voter's choice for any candidate or party in the election. Provides for a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.	2021-06-29T21:25:16Z
98-hr-6432	98	hr	6432	A bill to improve and expand benefits for active duty military personnel and their dependents.	Armed Forces and National Security	1984-10-10	1984-10-10	Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.	House	Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]	TX	D	G000272	0	Directs the Secretary of Defense to use appropriated but unused Department of Defense funds for: (1) increased mileage reimbursement travel allowances; (2) travel lodging expenses; and (3) moving expenses. Limits the use of such funds for the above purposes to the lesser of 50 percent of such funds or $250,000,000. Increases the variable housing allowance for military personnel by lowering the trigger point for determining such allowance from 80 to 75 percent of the median monthly cost of housing in the United States for members of the uniformed services. Removes restrictions on dental care coverage for spouses and children of military personnel. Establishes in the Department of Defense an Office of Military Family Services to provide counseling and information services.	2025-06-06T14:17:56Z
98-hr-6433	98	hr	6433	Mental Health Act of 1984	Health	1984-10-10	1984-10-19	Referred to Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]	TX	D	G000272	0	Mental Health Act of 1984 - Title I: Mental Health Benefits - Entitles residents and nonresident citizens to mental health benefits under this Act. Enumerates mental health services covered by this Act, stipulating that payments for such services shall be made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the recipient's behalf. Sets forth qualifications of psychiatric hospitals for participation in the program under this Act, including the provision of active diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services, and accreditation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. Requires the Secretary to administer the program with the advice and assistance of a Committee on Mental Health responsible for approval of all providers under this Act and the establishment of relevant guidelines and qualifications. Requires the Secretary to conduct a national mental health insurance feasibility study and to submit the findings to the President and Congress. Creates a mental health trust fund in the Treasury. Appropriates to the fund specified tax revenues. Creates a Board of Trustees, with the Secretary of the Treasury as the Managing Trustee, to hold the fund, report annually to Congress on the operation and status of the fund, and review general management policies. Makes it the duty of the Managing Trustee to invest such portions of the trust fund, according to specified instructions, as are not required to meet current withdrawals. Title II: Mental Health Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a series of mental health taxes on employees' income, employers' income, self-employment income, and unearned income. Sets forth rules applicable to the nondeductibility of mental health taxes from the employee's exempt wages. Excludes from an individual's gross income an employer's payment of such tax.	2025-08-29T17:39:25Z
98-hr-6434	98	hr	6434	Special White House Conference on Protection of Children in Child Care Act	Families	1984-10-10	1984-10-10	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14]	NJ	D	G000511	2	Special White House Conference on Protection of Children in Child Care Act - Directs the President, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to convene a Special White House Conference on Protection of Children in Child Care to: (1) improve data collection about the nature and extent of child abuse in child care centers; (2) develop model standards for the licensing of child care centers and the hiring of qualified personnel; (3) strengthen child development programs; (4) train parents and child care personnel in child abuse prevention; and (5) remove legal impediments to interagency cooperation in investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases. Requires that the Conference be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with cooperation and assistance, including assignment of personnel, by other Federal agencies. Requires the Conference to bring together Members of Congress, representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, and professional and lay people working in the child care field. Authorizes Conference participants, and participants in conferences and other activities leading up to the Conference at the local and State levels, to consider all the matters specified, with special consideration to recommendations for improving data collection so that adequate resources can be devoted to the solution of the problem. Requires the Conference, within 120 days following the date on which it is convened, to submit a final report to the President and the Congress. Requires that the findings and recommendations included in such report be made available immediately to the public. Directs the President, within 120 days after the submission of such report, to transmit recommendations to the Congress for administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations in the report. Sets forth provisions for the administration of the Conference.	2025-08-29T17:38:05Z
98-hr-6435	98	hr	6435	A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish prices charged for charts, tide and tidal current tables, tidal current charts, coast pilots, water level products, and associated data bases published or produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.	Government Operations and Politics	1984-10-10	1984-10-10	Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.	House	Rep. Pritchard, Joel [R-WA-1]	WA	R	P000546	0	Amends Federal law to allow the Secretary of Commerce to set the sales price for certain nautical and aeronautical products created or published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Establishes a schedule for any increases in such prices; and, requires a report to Congress on the effects of any such increases. Allows for the distribution of such products without charge in certain instances.	2021-06-29T21:25:18Z
98-hr-6436	98	hr	6436	Tax Equity and Efficiency Act	Taxation	1984-10-10	1984-10-10	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Shannon, James M. [D-MA-5]	MA	D	S000286	0	Tax Equity and Efficiency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS) for the depreciation of certain property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income. Allows an income tax deduction for the expense of recovery property in the year recovery property is purchased. (Current law requires that such deduction be taken over a specified number of years.) Bases the amount of such deduction on the present value (using a discount rate of 6.06 percent) of the depreciation deductions which would have been allowable under the straight-line method for an asset having an economic life equal to the average economic life of property in its class. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations assigning recovery property to one of 35 specified classes. Revises the method for calculating the investment tax credit to allow such credit in an amount equal to six percent of the nonexpensed qualified investment. Allows a corporate shareholder an income tax credit based on the amount of dividends received by such taxpayer during the taxable year. Sets forth the method for calculating the amount of such credit. Treats a corporate shareholder as having received distributions taxable as dividends in an amount equal to the shareholder's pro rata share of the undistributed earnings and profits of the corporation. Sets forth the method for calculating undistributed earnings and profits of a corporation. Provides that the amount of any dividend received by a shareholder shall be increased by the amount of the shareholder income tax credit. Sets forth special rules for the allocation of a corporation's earnings and profits in the case of actual distributions and losses. Sets forth rules for the treatment of shareholder income tax credits received by corporations.	2025-08-29T17:38:39Z
98-hr-6437	98	hr	6437	A bill to grant the consent of the Congress to the Midwest Interstate Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact.	Government Operations and Politics	1984-10-10	1984-11-02	Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.	House	Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]	MN	D	V000087	8	Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Midwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, which provides for cooperation among the States of Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and such other eligible States as may in the future join, in the management of low-level radioactive waste. States that eligible parties to the compact are the States of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Permits any State not eligible for membership in the compact to petition for eligibility.	2025-01-15T18:51:50Z
98-hr-6438	98	hr	6438	A bill for the relief of Joseph Karel Hasek.	Private Legislation	1984-10-10	1984-10-30	Became Private Law No: 98-54.	House	Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8]	OH	R	K000190	0	Directs the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to reopen and redetermine the claim of a named individual arising from the nationalization or other taking of his property by the Government of Czechoslovakia. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments on account of such claim in the amount determined by the Commission and certified to the Secretary.	2021-09-25T05:30:26Z
98-hr-6439	98	hr	6439	A bill for the relief of Helen Hudson.	Private Legislation	1984-10-10	1984-10-10	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3]	CA	D	M000249	0	Deems a named individual to have completed five years of service as a Federal employee for purposes of determining disability retirement benefits eligibility.	2021-06-29T21:25:19Z
98-hr-6422	98	hr	6422	Voluntary National Youth Service Act	Labor and Employment	1984-10-09	1984-10-09	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]	CA	D	P000047	0	Voluntary National Youth Service Act - Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to make grants to eligible States and local governments for youth service projects. Requires the Director to designate specific activities as service categories in which project participants may serve. Sets forth criteria for such designations. Sets forth types of positions which such service categories may include. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements for States and local governments, including requirements for plans and matching funds. Requires that specified percentages of poor persons and of unemployed persons participate in such projects. Sets forth requirements relating to the amount of wages, benefits, and subsistence allowances for project participants. Requires the Director to distribute such grants among eligible States and local governments on the basis of which ones will best use such funds, as determined on the basis of the plans submitted. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Requires that project participants be not less than 17 and not more than 24 years old. Prohibits any person from serving on such a project for more than a three-year period. Requires participants to agree to serve for at least a six-month period. Prohibits acceptance for project service of any person who does not hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, unless such person has not been enrolled as a high school student during the three-month period before the date of such acceptance. Limits to ten percent of any such grant the amount which may be used for administrative expenses. Sets forth project grant review and reporting requirements. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to provide for a second Associate Director of the ACTION Agency. Provides that such Associate Director shall carry out operational responsibility for all programs authorized under this Act. Makes other conforming amendments to such Act which add references to this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 and succeeding fiscal years.	2025-08-29T17:38:04Z
98-hr-6423	98	hr	6423	Jesse Gray Housing Act	Housing and Community Development	1984-10-09	1984-10-17	Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.	House	Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1]	MI	D	C000714	0	Jesse Gray Housing Act - Title I: Housing Provisions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program for the construction of 500,000 new dwelling units in public housing during each of FY 1986 through 1995. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to public housing agencies; and (2) enter into contracts with public housing agencies for annual contributions. Limits the aggregate amount of budget authority obligated under such contracts entered into in any fiscal year. Provides a formula for the determination of the applicable amounts of such grants and contributions for FY 1987 through 1995 based on the consumer price index. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1995. Provides that the Secretary's annual contributions for the operation of public housing projects for each of FY 1986 through 1995 shall not exceed the amounts available for each such year from the National Housing Fund to be established in this Act. Requires the Secretary to make available financial assistance for public housing projects, especially projects that the Secretary determines would likely have been subject to demolition or other disposition. Increases the aggregate amount of budget authority permitted for contracts for annual contributions by the amount necessary for the revitalization of 100,000 public housing units in each of FY 1986 through 1995. Prohibits the Secretary from approving an application by a public housing agency for permission to demolish or dispose of all or part of a public housing project. (Currently, such approval is permitted if the Secretary makes certain determinations.) Requires each public housing agency to carry out a program of job training and employment of unemployed individuals residing in the vicinity of public housing projects in connection with any construction and revitalization of public housing. Directs each such program to give preference to such individuals who reside in public housing. Gives percentage gu…	2025-08-29T17:41:52Z
98-hr-6424	98	hr	6424	A bill to provide for contribution of damages attributable to an agreement by two or more persons to fix, maintain, or stabilize prices under section 4, 4A or 4C of the Clayton Act.	Commerce	1984-10-09	1984-10-09	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9]	TX	D	B000880	0	Amends the Clayton Act to permit any person liable for damages for price-fixing to claim contribution from co-conspirators for the share of such damages attributable to their sales or purchases of goods and services. Declares that a release or covenant not to sue or enforce a judgment received in settlement by one conspirator shall not discharge any co-conspirators from liability, unless expressly provided. Directs the court to reduce the claim against the co-conspirators subject to liability by the greatest of: (1) the amount stipulated by such release or covenant; (2) the amount paid in settlement; or (3) treble the actual damages attributable to the settling person's sales or purchases of goods or services. Declares that a settlement shall release the recipient from liability from contribution, unless it is not consummated.	2021-06-29T21:25:14Z
98-hr-6425	98	hr	6425	Bank Fee Disclosure Act	Finance and Financial Sector	1984-10-09	1984-10-17	Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.	House	Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7]	IL	D	C000634	0	Bank Fee Disclosure Act - Requires a depository institution, before opening any account or offering any service to a potential customer, to provide a written statement specifying: (1) all services offered; (2) the terms and conditions on which such services are offered; and (3) the fees charged for such services. Requires each depository institution, not less than once a year, to mail a written statement to each of its customers containing such information. Requires each appropriate Federal banking agency to prescribe regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires each appropriate Federal banking agency, not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, to report to Congress about services offered by depository institutions and the costs involved. Specifies the information to be included in such reports. Provides for the administrative enforcement of the requirements imposed by this Act.	2025-08-29T17:38:34Z
98-hr-6426	98	hr	6426	A bill entitled: the Bogue Chitto Creek Relief Act.	Emergency Management	1984-10-09	1984-10-09	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4]	MS	D	D000466	0	Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to study flooding and soil erosion problems along Bogue Chitto Creek in Jackson, Mississippi, and undertake all necessary bank stabilization and flood protection measures.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6427	98	hr	6427	A bill entitled: The Purple Creek Relief Act.	Emergency Management	1984-10-09	1984-10-09	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4]	MS	D	D000466	0	Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to study soil erosion problems along Purple Creek near Jackson, Mississippi, and undertake all necessary bank stabilization and flood protection measures.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6428	98	hr	6428	Congressional Capital Investment Program Information Act of 1984	Economics and Public Finance	1984-10-09	1984-10-09	Referred to House Committee on Rules.	House	Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]	NJ	D	H000840	1	Congressional Capital Investment Program Information Act of 1984 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the annual concurrent resolution on the budget to include and separately identify public civilian and military capital investment expenditures. Provides for congressional committee analysis of such expenditures.	2025-08-29T17:39:57Z
98-hr-6429	98	hr	6429	National Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Act	Housing and Community Development	1984-10-09	1984-10-17	Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.	House	Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]	NY	D	S000148	4	National Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to: (1) carry out a Nehemiah Housing opportunity program of construction or substantial rehabilitation of homes; and (2) provide interest-free loans to lower-income families for the purchase of such homes. Sets forth the terms and conditions for assistance for a nonprofit organization's program, including: (1) community and local government approval; (2) submission of a schedule for completion; (3) demonstration of the program's financial feasibility, including the availability of other sources of funds; (4) provisions for the completion of at least 100 homes; and (5) the location of homes in census tracts in which the median family income is not more than 80 percent of the area's median family income. Sets forth the requirements for a family's participation in such program, including: (1) a specified income to mortgage carrying charges ratio; (2) nonownership of a home for the three previous years; and (3) a downpayment of $5,000 or more. Limits to $25,000 the Federal assistance per home. Sets forth the Secretary's basis for selecting Nehemiah housing opportunity programs for assistance, including: (1) the non-Federal contribution of land and financial and other assistance; (2) the cost-effectiveness of a program; and (3) the location and magnitude of a program such that it has a significant effect on neighborhood development and employment in an area of severe economic blight. Establishes in the Treasury the Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Fund. Directs the Secretary of HUD to report annually to Congress on such programs, including recommendations for modifications. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-29T17:41:05Z
98-hr-6409	98	hr	6409	International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984	International Affairs	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.	House	Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19]	FL	D	F000041	1	International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 to carry out foreign military credit sales. Sets the ceiling on total foreign military credit sales for FY 1985. Earmarks a specified amount of such sales for Israel. Releases Israel from its obligation to repay such credits. Earmarks specified portions of the credits earmarked for Israel for: (1) research and development in the United States for the Lavi program; and (2) procurement in Israel of defense articles and services for the Lavi program. Authorizes Israel to use any loan made available under this Act for which repayment is forgiven before using any other loan made available under this Act. Earmarks a specified amount of the foreign military credit sales for Egypt. Releases Egypt from its obligation to repay such credits. Requires, for FY 1985, the principal amount of foreign military loan guarantees with respect to Greece, South Korea, Portugal, Somalia, Spain (so long as Spain is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey to be repaid within 20 years following a ten year grace period. Limits the amount of military sales credits for Tunisia and the Philippines for FY 1985. Requires the principal amount of foreign military loan guarantees for FY 1984 with respect to South Korea to be repaid within 20 years following a ten year grace period. Authorizes the President to issue such loan guaranties for a fiscal year only to the extent that Congress has by law approved the issuance during that fiscal year of guaranties for a specified maximum amount of loan principal. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) military assistance; (2) international military education and training; and (3) peacekeeping operations. Earmarks a specified amount of such military assistance for FY 1985 for Tunisia. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to aut…	2025-08-29T17:41:08Z
98-hr-6410	98	hr	6410	A bill to improve and expand benefits for active duty military personnel and their dependents.	Armed Forces and National Security	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.	House	Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]	CA	D	P000047	0	Directs the Secretary of Defense to use appropriated but unused Department of Defense funds for: (1) increased mileage reimbursement travel allowances; (2) travel lodging expenses; and (3) moving expenses. Limits the use of such funds for the above purposes to the lesser of 50 percent of such funds or $250,000,000. Increases the variable housing allowance for military personnel by lowering the trigger point for determining such allowance from 80 to 75 percent of the median monthly cost of housing in the United States for members of the uniformed services. Removes restrictions on dental care coverage for spouses and children of military personnel. Establishes in the Department of Defense an Office of Military Family Services to provide counseling and information services.	2025-06-06T14:17:56Z
98-hr-6411	98	hr	6411	A bill to provide, through States and employer-employee committees, that services are provided to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities, to require the employer to give employees advance notice of layoffs and to give employees relocation options and assistance, and for other purposes.	Labor and Employment	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]	WI	D	A000224	0	Provides, through States and employee-employer committees, for services to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities. Requires employers to give employees advance notice of mass layoffs. Requires employees to give long-term employees assistance after termination and relocation options and assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot specified funds to States which have submitted approved applications. Bases such allotments on relative numbers of: (1) unemployed persons during the preceding calendar year; and (2) unemployed persons who were unemployed for 15 weeks or more during the preceding calendar year. Sets forth application requirements. Requires a State receiving funds under this Act to ensure that unemployed persons in such State are provided with: (1) personal and family counseling; (2) career planning; (3) job search training; and (4) information regarding actual and potential job openings. Defines "employer" as a person engaged in an activity, business, or industry affecting commerce who has 50 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person. Defines "long-term employee" as an individual who was a full- time employee for more than 104 weeks. Requires an employer who terminates from employment, for any reason other than malfeasance, any long-term employee to give such employee full wages and benefits for a prescribed period beginning on the date after the date such employee receives notice of such termination. Makes the "prescribed period" a period of one and two-tenths days for each week in excess of 104 weeks that an individual was an employee of the employer, but limits such period to not more than 180 days. Provides that "full wages and benefits" shall be reduced by the sum of: (1) the wages and benefits received by the employee for any employment or reasonable offer of employment which the employee could have accepted during such period; and (2) unemploy…	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z
98-hr-6412	98	hr	6412	A bill to provide, in the case of mass layoffs by an employer, through States and employer-employee committees, that services are provided to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities, to require, in the case of mass layoffs by an employer, the employer to give employees advance notice of layoffs and to give employees relocation options and assistance, and for other purposes.	Labor and Employment	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]	WI	D	A000224	0	Provides, through States and employee-employer committees, for services to unemployed persons to facilitate transfer to new employment opportunities. Requires employers to give employees advance notice of mass layoffs. Requires covered employers who know that mass layoffs are likely to give long-term employees assistance after termination and relocation options and assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot specified funds to States which have submitted approved applications. Bases such allotments on relative numbers of: (1) unemployed persons during the preceding calendar year; and (2) unemployed persons who were unemployed for 15 weeks or more during the preceding calendar year. Sets forth application requirements. Requires a State receiving funds under this Act to ensure that unemployed persons in such State are provided with: (1) personal and family counseling; (2) career planning; (3) job search training; and (4) information regarding actual and potential job openings. Defines "employer" as a person engaged in an activity, business, or industry affecting commerce who has 50 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person. Defines "covered employer" as an employer who knows or has reason to know that at least 25 of the employees employed in any one establishment of such employer are likely to be terminated, for any reason other than malfeasance, in an 18-month period. Provides that such employer shall be a covered employer until the expiration of such 18-month period. Defines "long-term employee" as an individual who was a full-time employee for more than 104 weeks. Requires a covered employer who terminates from employment, for any reason other than malfeasance, any long-term employee to give such employee full wages and benefits for a prescribed period beginning on the date after the date such employee receives notice of such termination. Makes the "prescribed period" a period of one and two-…	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z
98-hr-6413	98	hr	6413	A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an acreage limitation program and a land diversion program for the 1985 crop of feed grains.	Agriculture and Food	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6]	IA	D	B000298	0	Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a combined acreage limitation program and a land diversion program for the 1985 feed grain crop. Sets forth program provisions, including a diversion rate for corn of $1.50 per bushel.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
98-hr-6414	98	hr	6414	Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1984	Government Operations and Politics	1984-10-05	1984-10-22	Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture.	House	Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6]	OK	D	E000184	1	Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1984 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require agencies to promulgate regulations with regard to the procedures for: (1) designating certain information confidential; and (2) handling requests for such confidential information. Provides for de novo judicial review by a U.S. district court of an agency decision to withhold or disclose records. Directs a court to assess attorneys fees against a submitter where the submitter's reasons for withholding information were not substantially justified. Provides for a sliding fee schedule based upon use (commercial or non-commercial) and the nature of the requester (e.g., individual, educational or scientific institution, news organization, or governmental agency). Permits expedited access to records upon a showing of compelling need. Allows the Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board to take action against agency personnel for arbitrary and capricious behavior with regard to the withholding, removal, or alteration of a record or with regard to the fee estimate. Requires the annual report of an agency to include: (1) the number of requests made; (2) the number of fee waivers requested and granted; and (3) the average length of time to comply with requests and appeals. Revises the current exemption given to law enforcement records to permit the withholding of law enforcement records if such disclosure would endanger the life or physical safety of any individual. Exempts from disclosure requirements any informant records maintained under an informant's name or personal identifier unless the status as informant has been officially acknowledged.	2025-08-29T17:40:59Z
98-hr-6415	98	hr	6415	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the conditions under which scholarship and fellowship grants will be excluded from gross income.	Taxation	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3]	IA	R	E000259	0	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the extent of faculty supervision or participation with respect to the performance of teaching, research, or other services by individuals who are candidates for a degree shall not be relevant in determining whether such activities are required as a condition for receiving a degree for purposes of excluding amounts received for such services from gross income pursuant to provisions allowing a tax exclusion for scholarship and fellowship grants. Provides that all degree candidates do not have to perform substantially identical activities with respect to teaching, research, or other services for such activities to be found to be a condition for receiving a degree.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6416	98	hr	6416	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend the residential energy credit with respect to solar renewable energy source expenditures, with declining percentages of credit, through 1990, and for other purposes.	Taxation	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA-5]	GA	D	F000329	7	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the residential energy income tax credit for solar energy property for five years (from 1985 to 1990). Phases out the percentage of expenditures which may be taken into account for such credit between the years 1986 and 1990. Limits to $6,000 the maximum amount of expenditures for solar hot water systems which may be taken into account for purposes of such credit. Specifies additional standards which solar hot water systems must meet in order to qualify for such credit. Increases and extends for five years (from 1985 to 1990) the energy investment tax credit for specified types of solar energy property.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6417	98	hr	6417	A bill to amend the Act entitled "An Act granting a charter to the General Federation of Women's Clubs".	Government Operations and Politics	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]	MA	D	F000339	0	Amends the Federal charter of the General Federation of Women's Clubs to limit the Federation's operation to charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of a tax-exempt charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Federation, upon dissolution, to liquidate and distribute its assets to tax-exempt charitable organizations with similar purposes.	2021-06-29T21:25:13Z
98-hr-6418	98	hr	6418	A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to probibit the importation of tobacco which has been grown or processed using pesticides and other chemicals whose use has been prohibited in this country for health reasons.	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1984-10-05	1984-10-16	Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-6]	TN	D	G000321	0	Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to prohibit the importation of tobacco unless the importer certifies that none of the pesticides the registration of which has been cancelled or suspended for use on tobacco in the United States has been used in the production of such tobacco. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce such prohibition.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6419	98	hr	6419	Renewable Energy Incentive Act of 1984	Taxation	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]	HI	D	H000449	3	Renewable Energy Incentive Act of 1984 - Title I: Extension of Business Energy Credits - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy investment tax credit for solar energy property from 1985 to 1990. Sets the amount of such credit during such period at 15 percent for low temperature solar property and 25 percent for all other solar property. Extends the energy investment tax credit for wind property from 1985 to 1990. Sets the amount of such credit at: (1) 15 percent during 1986; (2) ten percent during 1987 and 1988; and (3) five percent during 1989 and 1990. Extends the energy investment tax credit for geothermal property, hydroelectric generating property, ocean thermal property, and biomass property from 1985 to 1990. Title II: Affirmative Commitment Rule to Extend the Business Credit for Certain Long-Term Projects - Extends for five years from 1990 to 1995 the time period during which an affirmative commitment must be made in order for long-term energy projects to be eligible for the energy investment tax credit. Applies such extension to affirmative commitments made for: (1) solar energy property; (2) geothermal energy property; (3) wind energy property; (4) ocean thermal energy property; (5) hydroelectric generating property; and (6) biomass property. Title III: Extension of Residential Energy Credits - Extends the residential energy income tax credit for renewable energy source expenditures from 1985 to 1990. Phases out such credit over such period for: (1) solar renewable energy property; and (2) wind renewable energy property. Extends the residential energy income tax credit for energy conservation expenditures from 1985 to 1988. Title IV: Eligibility of Public Utility Property - Makes public utility property eligible for treatment as energy property for purposes of the energy investment tax credit. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.	2025-08-29T17:38:46Z
98-hr-6420	98	hr	6420	Cash Flow Income Tax Act of 1985	Taxation	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]	HI	D	H000449	0	Cash Flow Income Tax Act of 1985 - Title I: Cash Flow Income Tax - Subtitle A: Cash Flow Income Tax - - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax rates for individuals and the number of tax brackets. Imposes an income tax of 30 percent on the taxable income of an estate or trust in excess of $3,000. Provides for a yearly cost-of-living adjustment for the standard deduction, the dependent credit, and the "ten percent bracket." Repeals: (1) the minimum tax for tax preferences; (2) the accumulated earnings tax; (3) the personal holding company tax; (4) the foreign personal holding company tax; and (5) the dividend paid deduction. Imposes a 30 percent income tax on the taxable income of every corporation. Provides that such tax shall be equal to at least 30 percent of the accumulated surplus of a corporation. Revises the definitions of "taxable income," "adjusted gross income," "net income," and "gross income." Provides that the standard deduction shall be $8,000 in the case of a joint return ($4,000 for single individuals or married filing separately). Sets forth restrictions on the availability of the standard deduction. Provides for an unlimited carryforward of any negative amount of a corporation's adjusted net income flow or a taxpayer's taxable income. Allows the taxpayer a credit against the tax for each dependent exemption. Provides that such credit may not exceed the tax of the taxpayer. Subtitle B: Base Broadening - Repeals various tax credits and tax exclusions. Includes in gross income: (1) amounts received as prizes and awards; (2) amounts received as unemployment compensation; (3) social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits; and (4) an amount equal to the cost of group-term life insurance carried by an employer for an employee. Includes in gross income the value of property acquired by gfit, bequest, devise, or inheritance. Permits a $5,000 per year exclusion for such property. Repeals various tax deductions. Allows a deduction for interest incurred to purchase, carry, or i…	2025-08-29T17:41:21Z
98-hr-6421	98	hr	6421	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment of incentive stock options.	Taxation	1984-10-05	1984-10-05	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1]	OK	D	J000232	1	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of incentive stock options as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Repeals requirements that incentive stock options be exercised in chronological order. Modifies the present $100,000 limit on the aggregate amount of incentive stock options which an employer may grant per year.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6392	98	hr	6392	A bill to prevent the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Amendments of 1984 from affecting pending suits against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.	Labor and Employment	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]	VA	R	W000672	1	Provides that pending suits against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority shall not be affected by specified amendments to provisions relating to liability for compensation made by the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 1984.	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z
98-hr-6393	98	hr	6393	A bill to extend the Equal Access to Justice Act.	Law	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]	WI	D	K000020	0	Amends the Equal Access to Justice Act to extend through 1985 the provisions with regard to the payment of costs to a prevailing party in an action against the United States.	2021-06-29T21:25:10Z
98-hr-6394	98	hr	6394	A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects.	Armed Forces and National Security	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.	House	Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7]	NY	D	A000022	0	Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to guarantee loans made to veterans for the purchase of residential units held by cooperative housing projects.	2024-02-07T16:12:44Z
98-hr-6395	98	hr	6395	A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish a program to support the price of the 1986 through 1989 crops of feed grains and wheat; to require that strategic and critical materials be acquired, to the maximum extent feasible, by bartering agricultural commodities; to make persons who produce agricultural commodities on highly erodible land ineligible for certain agriculture-related programs; and for other purposes.	Agriculture and Food	1984-10-04	1984-10-12	Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.	House	Rep. Albosta, Donald J. [D-MI-10]	MI	D	A000076	0	Title I: Price Support for Feed Grains and Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish price support programs for the 1986 through 1989 feed grain and wheat crops. Places limits on the resale of such crops acquired for use as alcohol fuels. Establishes a civil penalty for violations of this title. Title II: Exportation of Agricultural Commodities - Subtitle A: Financing Exports - Amends the Food For Peace Act of 1966 to extend the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund through FY 1989. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to extend the export program through FY 1989. Subtitle B: Bartering for Strategic and Critical Materials - Directs the President and the Secretary of Energy, respectively, to seek to acquire petroleum products and strategic and critical materials by bartering Commodity Credit Corporation agricultural stocks. Requires at least ten percent of any such commodities to be shipped from U.S. Great Lakes ports. Title III: Soil Conservation - Subtitle A: Highly Erodible Land - Makes persons growing crops on highly erodible land ineligible for price supports and other agricultural program benefits. Sets forth exemptions based on previous plantings or prior determinations of erodibility. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to complete specified land capability classification surveys as soon as practicable. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Studies Related to Land Use - Directs the Secretary to undertake: (1) a cropland base protection study; and (2) an analysis of Department of Agriculture soil conservation programs. Subtitle C: Program to Reduce Erosion - Directs the Secretary, during FY 1986 through 1988, to enter into long-term soil and water conservation contracts with owners and operators of erosion-prone land. Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations. Subtitle D: Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to publish regulations implementing this title in the Federal Register …	2025-06-06T14:17:56Z
98-hr-6396	98	hr	6396	A bill to amend the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to ensure that Federal assistance will be provided expeditiously to communities threatened by major disasters.	Emergency Management	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25]	TX	D	A000209	0	Amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy at least one disaster relief specialist to any area in which a major disaster is imminent in order to: (1) assist State and local officials in developing disaster preparation programs; and (2) place field staff in advance and take other measures to ensure expeditious post-disaster assistance.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6397	98	hr	6397	A bill to establish the Cape Charles National Wildlife Refuge and the Cape Charles National Fish and Wildlife Service Training Center in Northampton County, Virginia.	Public Lands and Natural Resources	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	See H.J.Res.648.	House	Rep. Bateman, Herbert H. [R-VA-1]	VA	R	B000229	0	Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish, in Virginia, the Cape Charles National Wildlife Refuge (with a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service training facility on such refuge). Authorizes appropriations.	2021-06-29T21:25:11Z
98-hr-6398	98	hr	6398	Hazardous Air Pollutants Amendments Act of 1984	Environmental Protection	1984-10-04	1984-10-10	Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.	House	Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]	MI	D	D000355	0	Hazardous Air Pollutants Amendments Act of 1984 - Amends the Clean Air Act (the Act) to revise provisions relating to hazardous air pollutants. Revises provisions for listing of certain unregulated pollutants to provide for expedited listing of hazardous air pollutants. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within 90 days after the enactment of the Clean Air Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1984 (the Amendments), to identify by publication at least 20 of those substances for which a decision must be made before December 31, 1986, under provisions for the listing of hazardous air pollutants. Provides that such substances shall be chosen from among the 37 candidate substances identified by the EPA as being in the assessment phase of the agency's process for review under provisions for national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) and for which a decision has not been made under the hazardous air pollutant listing provisions within 90 days after the enactment of the Amendments. Directs the Administrator, if all of such 37 substances are not identified by the date so specified, to specify within the ninety-day period, a date by which a decision under hazardous air pollutant listing provisions will be made for each of the 37 substances which are not so identified. Provides that such date may not be later than December 31, 1987. Authorizes the Administrator to substitute for any of the 37 candidate substances another substance which, in the Administrator's judgment, is deemed to be a higher priority substance for consideration as a hazardous air pollutant within the meaning of specified NESHAP provisions. Provides that, if the Administrator fails to identify all 37 (or substitute) substances within such deadlines, all of the 37 substances shall be deemed to be subject to the December 31, 1986, deadline for a decision under hazardous air pollutant listing provisions. Directs the Administrator to establish a docket for the identified substance simultaneously with i…	2025-08-29T17:38:05Z
98-hr-6399	98	hr	6399	A bill to require motor vehicle rental companies to provide child restraint systems in rented motor vehicles on request and to direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe necessary regulations for administration and enforcement of such requirement.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-04	1984-10-10	Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.	House	Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2]	CT	D	G000120	0	Requires motor vehicle rental companies to provide child restraint systems in rented motor vehicles upon request. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such requirement. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act.	2024-02-05T14:30:09Z
98-hr-6400	98	hr	6400	Prison Employment Security Act of 1984	Crime and Law Enforcement	1984-10-04	1984-10-11	Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.	House	Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1]	TX	D	H000070	0	Prison Employment Security Act of 1984 - Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review and report to Congress on the reclassification of prevailing rate positions within the Bureau of Prisons and the effect of down-grade reclassifications on the Bureau's mission, employee morale, employee turnover, and public and employee safety. Requires that any prevailing rate positions in the Bureau which have been reclassified to a lower grade on or after January 1, 1984, be reclassified to the position classification in effect on December 31, 1983. Entitles any position incumbent to the pay and benefits of the position as it was classified on December 31, 1983, retroactively to January 1, 1984. Permits the proper reclassification of prevailing rate positions within the Bureau in the future, provided that the position of any incumbent shall not be downgraded as a result of any such reclassification within 120 days after GAO submits its report.	2025-08-29T17:40:48Z
98-hr-6401	98	hr	6401	A bill to designate the West Branch of the Farmington River as a study area for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes.	Public Lands and Natural Resources	1984-10-04	1984-11-02	Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.	House	Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6]	CT	R	J000163	0	Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add the West Branch of the Farmington River in Connecticut and Massachusetts to the list designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system. Requires a study of the river and a report by the end of the third fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) cooperate with the Farmington River Management Committee established by this Act; and (2) encourage public participation in the conduct of the river study. Directs the Committee to develop a management plan for the River, and authorizes the Secretary to implement and administer it. Enumerates the details of such plan. Establishes the Farmington River Management Committee. Authorizes appropriations.	2024-02-07T13:32:55Z
98-hr-6402	98	hr	6402	Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984	Education	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]	WI	R	P000265	6	Leadership in Educational Administration Development Act of 1984 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education, from such appropriations, to make available amounts, up to a specified maximum per State, necessary to establish and operate a technical assistance center in each State. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with local educational agencies (LEAs), intermediate school districts, State educational agencies (SEAs), institutions of higher education, private management organizations, or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such entities) for the establishment and operation of technical assistance training centers in each State. Requires the contractor to: (1) make center services available to school administrators from any of the LEAs in the region; (2) collect information on school leadership skills; (3) assess leadership skills of individual participants; (4) conduct leadership skills training for new and practicing school administrators, especially women and minority administrators; (5) operate consulting programs for school districts; (6) maintain training curricula and materials on leadership skills drawing on expertise in business, academia, civilian and military governmental agencies, and existing effective schools; (7) conduct programs which make available business executives, scholars, and practicing school administrators and which offer internships in business, industry, and in effective school districts to school administrators; (8) disseminate information on leadership skills associated with effective schools; and (9) establish model administrator projects. Directs the Secretary in selecting such contractors to take into account whether their programs would emphasize development of leadership skills identified by graduate schools of management and of education. Requires contracts under this Act to: (1) assure involvement of private sector managers and executives; (2) assure ongoing organizational commitment through o…	2025-08-29T17:41:06Z
98-hr-6403	98	hr	6403	Victims of Crime Act of 1984	Crime and Law Enforcement	1984-10-04	1984-10-12	See H.J.Res.648.	House	Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]	NJ	D	R000374	46	Victims of Crime Act of 1984 - Establishes within the Treasury the Crime Victims Fund. Requires that the Fund consist of: (1) most fines collected in Federal criminal cases; (2) penalty assessments on convicted persons; and (3) proceeds of all forfeitures (appearance bonds, bail bonds and collateral) in Federal criminal cases. Directs the Attorney General to make grants to qualified State programs for the compensation of victims of crime. Specifies criteria for a State plan to qualify for grants, including requirements that the program: (1) offer compensation for medical expenses, loss of wages, and funeral expenses; (2) condition compensation on cooperation with law enforcement officials; (3) shall not use Federal funds to supplant State funds; and (4) shall not discriminate against nonresident victims. Allows the Attorney General to make grants to the chief executive of each State for the financial support of crime assistance programs. States that such programs must have as a priority assistance to victims of sexual assault, spousal abuse or child abuse. Requires the Federal courts to impose a penalty assessment on all persons convicted of Federal offenses. Establishes a procedure for the special forfeiture of collateral profits of certain crimes (such as the sale of media rights). Authorizes the Attorney General to pay restitution to any victim (or compensation to the survivors of a victim) of a crime causing injury or death which is committed by a federally protected witness. Sets a maximum of $50,000 in death compensation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and years following.	2025-08-29T17:38:55Z
98-hr-6404	98	hr	6404	Plan Termination and Reversion Control Act of 1984	Labor and Employment	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25]	CA	D	R000485	5	Plan Termination and Reversion Control Act of 1984 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to delineate the eligibility and sufficiency criteria which single-employer pension plans must meet in order to terminate under the protection of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the Corporation). Includes among the termination eligibility requirements for such single-employer pension plan: (1) business necessity; (2) pay-status participants not in excess of 80 percent (pay-status participants are those whose retirement benefits have become payable); (3) absence for a specified period of a different employer-maintained plan; and (4) the plan to be terminated did not participate in an asset or liabilities transfer between plans during such period. Delineates the criteria under which plan termination is considered a business necessity for purposes of this Act. States that plan termination will not be considered a business necessity if the termination's primary purpose is to make funds available to contributing sponsors or to a sponsor's controlled group in order to prevent or promote entry of other persons into the controlled group. Treats fiduciaries who have permitted single-employer plan terminations to take place without meeting the eligibility criteria as having breached a fiduciary duty. Sets guidelines under which residual assets of terminated plans shall be distributed among: (1) employee contributors; (2) participants and beneficiaries; and (3) employers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax upon the distribution of residual assets to an employer if a single-employer benefit plan is terminated, except under the business necessity criteria of this Act. Makes the employer liable to pay such tax. Requires a plan administrator to file a plan termination notice with the Corporation after giving plan participants and beneficiaries advanced written notice of such proposed termination. Requires the Corporation to hold a hearing on the record regarding: (1) plan terminat…	2025-08-29T17:39:40Z
98-hr-6405	98	hr	6405	A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to restrict the manner in which federally insured depository institutions may increase fees on individual retirement accounts and to limit the penalties imposed by any depository institution for the early withdrawal of a time deposit.	Taxation	1984-10-04	1984-10-17	Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.	House	Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]	MN	D	V000087	0	Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding individual retirement accounts to require financial institutions to state fees clearly in governing instruments and delay fee increases for 90 days after announcement or the first date for penalty-free withdrawal, whichever is later. Prohibits early withdrawal penalties from reducing the original principal amount. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act, respectively, to require insured banks to comply with such Code amendments.	2024-02-06T19:38:08Z
98-hr-6406	98	hr	6406	A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide compensation to former prisoners of war of World War II and of the Korean conflict.	Armed Forces and National Security	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.	House	Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1]	MT	D	W000520	0	Grants for compensation purposes a 60 percent service-connected disability rating for former prisoners of war who were detained 30 or more days in the Asian-Pacific Theater during World War II or in Korea during the Korean conflict, or who evaded capture in such theaters for at least 90 days.	2024-02-07T16:12:44Z
98-hr-6407	98	hr	6407	Valve Engineering Council Act of 1984	Government Operations and Politics	1984-10-04	1984-10-22	Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.	House	Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3]	KS	R	W000636	0	Value Engineering Council Act of 1984 - Establishes in the Office of Management and Budget the Value Engineering Council to conduct research, offer advice, provide study materials, and promote the use of incentives which will maximize productivity and minimize costs in executive agencies and private industry through value engineering. Requires the Council to report to Congress and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget annually on its findings and on the savings generated from the application of value engineering proposals. Terminates the Council three years after its establishment, unless it is renewed by the Director. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-29T17:38:53Z
98-hr-6408	98	hr	6408	A bill for the relief of Denise Chaffee Soltys.	Private Legislation	1984-10-04	1984-10-04	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]	MA	D	F000339	0	Declares that the United States shall be liable for any injuries sustained by a named individual due to treatment by the medical staff of a military hospital in Alabama if an action on her claim is instituted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts during a one-year period and such injuries are found to have been caused by negligence. Confers jurisdiction upon such court to hear any action filed by such individual concerning such treatment.	2021-06-29T21:25:12Z
98-hr-6376	98	hr	6376	Small Business Consumed Income Tax Act of 1984	Taxation	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9]	TN	D	F000261	0	Small Business Consumed Income Tax Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business corporation to elect tax treatment as a "subchapter W corporation." Defines a "subchapter W corporation" as any small business corporation which: (1) has 95 percent or more of its gross receipts for the taxable year in receipts which are not passive investment income; (2) has 95 percent or more of the aggregate adjusted bases of its assets in assets used or held for use in its trade or business; (3) has not made an election for tax treatment as a subchapter S corporation; and (4) does not have as a principal function the performance of services in health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, or consulting. Allows such a corporation to make an election for treatment as a subchapter W corporation if: (1) all shareholders consent to such an election; (2) neither the corporation nor any predecessor corporation has made a previous election; (3) the gross receipts for the taxable year in which the election is made do not exceed $20,000,000; and (4) the aggregate adjusted bases of such corporation's assets do not exceed $5,000,000. Provides that such an election shall be effective for the taxable year in which made and the nine succeeding taxable years. Provides that the income of a qualified subchapter W corporation shall not be taxable to the corporation during such ten year election period. Permits the termination of such an election by revocation. Provides that actual or deemed distributions of cash or other property to a shareholder of a subchapter W corporation shall be treated as ordinary income of the shareholder to the extent of his or her pro rata share of the earnings and profits of the corporation. Provides that deemed distributions shall include: (1) taxable income of the subchapter W corporation to the extent its taxable income exceeds $1,000,000; (2) loans made by such a corporation to a shareholder or a person related to the shareholder; and (…	2025-08-29T17:37:49Z
98-hr-6377	98	hr	6377	Barter Promotion Act of 1984	Agriculture and Food	1984-10-03	1984-10-12	Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.	House	Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large]	ND	D	D000432	0	Barter Promotion Act of 1984 - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to promote U.S. agricultural exports and to protect the assets of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and for these purposes the Secretary of Agriculture should barter Corporation commodities for foreign goods and equipment. Authorizes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture to cover Corporation costs in acquiring agricultural commodities for such barter transactions. Directs the Secretary to carry out such transactions with a minimum displacement of normal commercial export sales.	2025-08-29T17:41:10Z
98-hr-6378	98	hr	6378	A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and for other purposes.	Labor and Employment	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Erlenborn, John N. [R-IL-13]	IL	R	E000204	0	Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require employers to provide conditions of employment that are free of recognized hazards which: (1) can be abated through reasonably available means; and (2) pose a substantial probability of death, serious injury or impaired health. Directs the Secretary of Labor to determine, when promulgating occupational health standards dealing with toxic substances or harmful physical agents, whether: (1) a particular standard will substantially reduce employee health risks; (2) such standard will threaten the competitive stance of the regulated industry; (3) engineering or work practice controls are readily available for use in the regulated industry; and (4) such controls can achieve the compliance levels established for the regulated industry.	2025-07-21T19:44:15Z
98-hr-6379	98	hr	6379	Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984	Education	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.	House	Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-15]	MI	D	F000270	0	Graduate Assistance Program Act of 1984 - Amends title IV the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish under HEA title IV (Student Assistance) a new program of graduate study grants for first- and second-year graduate and professional students who demonstrate financial need. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 through 1991 to enable the Secretary of Education to make payments to institutions of higher education which have made agreements for purposes of such grants program. Provides that such funds shall be available on an academic year basis in accordance with specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Sets such grants at the amount needed by the student to pursue a course of graduate or professional study at the institution, but limits such amount to between $1,000 and $5,000. Prohibits regulations for such grants program from including any parental contributions as part of an expected family contribution to the cost of attendance. Provides that such grants may be made only to first- and second-year enrollees in graduate or professional programs who will be carrying the normal full-time academic workload and who meet specified eligibility requirements for student assistance. Provides that the institution, in accordance with the program agreement and from the amount allocated to the institution, shall select from among the eligible those who are to be awarded such grants and determine the amounts to be paid to them. Requires that at least 20 percent of the amount paid to each recipient shall be made available by the institution from non-Federal sources. Directs the Secretary to allocate program funds among institutions on the basis of the relative need for assistance of the their eligible students. Directs the Secretary to set deadlines for applications by institutions for allocation of such funds for any fiscal year. Authorizes institutions to use their allocations for grants to eligible students in such manner as the institution determines will best achieve the purposes of this Act…	2025-08-29T17:39:05Z
98-hr-6380	98	hr	6380	A bill to provide for compensation with respect to former members of the Armed Forces of the United States for each day spent avoiding capture by hostile forces or as underground fighters while unattached to any regular unit of the Armed Forces during World War II.	Law	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]	HI	D	H000449	0	Amends the War Claims Act of 1948 to authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to determine claims for compensation allowed to underground fighters. Defines an underground fighter as an individual who served during the United States involvement in World War II as a guerilla fighter or concealed himself from or escaped from confinement by a hostile force and who is a citizen, national, or resident alien of the United States at the time of enactment of this Act. Sets the rate of compensation at $5 per day of resistance. Establishes the statute of limitations at one year from enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.	2021-06-29T21:25:08Z
98-hr-6381	98	hr	6381	Uniformed Services Dental Officers Special Pay Act of 1984	Armed Forces and National Security	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.	House	Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4]	MD	R	H000747	0	Uniformed Services Dental Officers Special Pay Act of 1984 - Revises both the amount of special pay to which a dental officer is entitled and the amount of time a dental officer must have served on active duty in a specified category to be entitled to special pay. Sets forth special pay provisions for dental officers undergoing residency training. Requires specified officers receiving additional special pay to agree to remain on active duty for at least one more year. Requires an officer breaking such agreement to refund a prorated amount. Permits the Secretary of the relevant military department to terminate such additional pay at will.	2025-08-29T17:38:33Z
98-hr-6382	98	hr	6382	A bill to provide that amounts received by any employer under the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Program Act of 1983 in connection with the employment of any veteran shall be excluded from gross income of the employer.	Taxation	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Leath, Marvin [D-TX-11]	TX	D	L000180	1	Provides that amounts received by an employer under the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Program Act of 1983 in connection with the employment of any veteran shall be excluded from the gross income of the employer.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6383	98	hr	6383	Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act of 1984	Health	1984-10-03	1984-10-29	Referred to Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]	WI	R	P000265	0	Multiple Sector Health Care Strategy Act of 1984 - Title I: Multicare Program - Permits every U.S. resident to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a "Medicard" which can be: (1) used to purchase health care services on a fee-for-service basis; (2) exchanged for health care insurance; or (3) exchanged for the provision of health care services from a prepaid provider. Directs the Secretary to establish fee schedules for services and prescription drugs which will set the maximum "Medicard" payment amounts. Provides for reimbursement to a fee-for-service provider: (1) in the case of a charge which is less than the fee schedule charge, of the lesser of the amount charged or 80 percent of the fee schedule charge; or (2) in the case of a charge which is more than the fee schedule charge, of 80 percent of the fee schedule charge by any amount exceeding the fee schedule. Provides that in the case of inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals, the payment amounts shall be 100 percent instead of 80 percent, reduced by coinsurance amounts of: (1) ten percent for the first ten days of inpatient hospital services in a year; and (2) five percent for the next 50 days, with no such reductions thereafter. Reduces the amount otherwise payable annually to an eligible individual by $250, but provides that the reduction for a family of four or more shall not exceed $1,000. Sets forth exceptions to the provisions of the preceding three sentences. Provides that in the case of an individual enrolled in a health insurance plan or with a prepaid provider, the plan or provider is entitled to a capitation payment equal to: (1) 95 percent, or 100 percent for Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) eligible individuals, of the estimated cost to the Government of payments of services made on the fee-for-service basis; and (2) 100 percent of the amount by which the per capita annual fee-for-service administrative costs to the Government exceed…	2025-08-29T17:40:23Z
98-hr-6384	98	hr	6384	SELF-Tax Plan Act of 1984	Taxation	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5]	PA	R	S000146	0	SELF-Tax Plan Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide lower income tax rates for individuals, estates, and trusts, and to reduce the number of tax brackets to four (three for estates and trusts). Repeals all the nonrefundable personal tax credits available to individuals. Repeals the earned income credit. Limits to corporations the availability of the tax credit for clinical testing expenses for drugs, the tax credit for producing fuel from nonconventional sources, the tax credit for increasing research activities, and the general business tax credit. Repeals all exclusions from gross income except certain listed exclusions. Repeals provisions relating to dividend reinvestment in public utilities. Limits the amount of scholarship and fellowship awards which may be excluded from gross income to the amount of tuition and related expenses. Provides that payments for teaching, research, or other services may not be excluded as scholarship or fellowship amounts where the teaching, research, or other services are not required of all candidates for a particular degree as a condition to receive such degree. Repeals the qualified tuition reduction exclusion. Makes certain exclusions available only to corporations. Repeals all itemized deductions for individuals and corporations except certain listed deductions. Repeals the additional personal exemption for age and blindness. Repeals the deduction for all consumer interest other residential property interest. Includes in the gross income of an individual any unemployment compensation or any government or welfare assistance benefits. Provides that certain employee benefits shall be taken into account in computing FICA taxes, railroad retirement taxes, unemployment taxes, and withholding taxes. Repeals the tax exemption for deposits into, and withdrawals from, the capital construction fund under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Repeals the capital gains deduction for individuals. Limits the individual deduction of capital losses to a maximum of $3,000. Eli…	2025-08-29T17:40:39Z
98-hr-6385	98	hr	6385	A bill to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require that for purposes of making assistance available under the emergency feed program, the Secretary of Agriculture consider the nutritive value and suitability of feed available for particular types of livestock and poultry.	Agriculture and Food	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9]	MO	D	V000112	0	Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to consider the nutritive value and suitability of available feed for purposes of emergency livestock feed assistance.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
98-hr-6386	98	hr	6386	A bill to amend section 331A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to forgo foreclosure of certain loans and to make an adjusted loan schedule available to the borrower providing for equitable repayment terms consistent with the borrower's prospective cash flow.	Agriculture and Food	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9]	MO	D	V000112	0	Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit family farmers to request the Secretary of Agriculture for foreclosure deferrals and loan rescheduling based on prospective cash flow. Requires a showing of: (1) good management; (2) temporary inability to repay because of circumstances beyond one's control; and (3) reasonable chance of repayment. Terminates such program on September 30, 1986.	2024-02-05T11:45:06Z
98-hr-6387	98	hr	6387	A bill to authorize diversion of water used by Alaska Power Administration from Eklutna Lake, Alaska, for the public water supply purposes of the city of Anchorage.	Energy	1984-10-03	1984-11-02	Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.	House	Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]	AK	R	Y000033	0	Permits a portion of the waters reserved for the operation of the Eklutna Lake hydropower project to be diverted from Eklutna Lake for public water supply purposes if compensation for reduced electric energy production due to such diversion is made pursuant to the February 1984 agreement between the municipality of Anchorage and the Alaska Power Administration.	2024-02-07T13:32:55Z
98-hr-6388	98	hr	6388	Miscellaneous Charitable Contribution Tax Act of 1984	Taxation	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2]	NE	R	D000065	1	Miscellaneous Charitable Contributions Tax Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt organizations subject to the unrelated business tax and private foundations subject to investment income tax to make estimated tax payments. Increases the percentage limitation on the deductions for charitable contributions to 60 percent of the taxpayer's contribution base for individuals and 20 percent of the taxable income for corporations. Increases from 5 to 15 years the period for carryforward of excess charitable contribution deductions. Permits a corporation to make a charitable contribution to a person even though the person owns part or all of the stock of such corporation. Provides that the present value of a gift of a remainder interest must be discounted at a rate of five percent per annum for purposes of the charitable contribution deduction. Makes various changes in the rules relating to private foundations, charitable remainder trusts, and charitable contributions by trusts to private foundations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a fee not to exceed $250 for any taxable year to process an application and prepare a written determination for recognition of an exemption from tax. Directs the Secretary to impose a fee for filing an annual tax exempt organization information return.	2025-08-29T17:39:16Z
98-hr-6389	98	hr	6389	A bill to repeal Revenue Ruling 84-132 which denies a charitable contribution deduction for certain contributions to athletic scholarship programs.	Taxation	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]	WA	D	D000327	5	Repeals Revenue Ruling 84-132, which denies a charitable contribution deduction for contributions to athletic scholarship programs where the donation entitles the individual to preference in purchasing tickets to certain events.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6390	98	hr	6390	Indian Country Gambling Regulation Act	Sports and Recreation	1984-10-03	1984-10-17	Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Justice.	House	Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14]	CA	R	S000393	0	Indian Country Gambling Regulation Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a penalty for the conduct of a gambling operation in Indian country. Exempts from such penalty certain lawful gambling operations. Declares such gambling operations lawful if they are conducted under tribal laws which have met the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and if they do not violate State laws. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary shall approve tribal law regarding gambling operations. Describes circumstances in which a State is prohibited from declaring Indian gambling operations as being against public policy.	2025-08-29T17:39:37Z
98-hr-6391	98	hr	6391	Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act	Native Americans	1984-10-03	1984-10-03	Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.	House	Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16]	TX	D	C000621	1	Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act - Title I: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Restoration - Redesignates the Tiwa Indians of Ysleta, Texas, as the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. Restores Federal recognition, rights, and benefits to such tribe. Declares their reservation to be a Federal Indian reservation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept and hold in trust tribal lands conveyed by the tribe and Texas. Grants Texas civil and criminal jurisdiction within such reservation. Recognizes the authority of the Tribal Council. Retains existing State duties and responsibilities to such tribe or its members. Repeals the Tiwa Indians Act. Title II: Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas - States that the Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas shall be considered as one tribal unit for purposes of Federal law. Restores Federal recognition, rights, and benefits to such tribe. Retains: (1) existing State duties and responsibilities to such tribe or its members; and (2) the existing tribal constitution and bylaws, except that the Secretary of the Interior shall assume all powers of review exercised by Texas or the Texas Indian Commission. Recognizes the authority of the Tribal Council. Sets forth provisions similar to title I regarding civil and criminal jurisdiction, and the tribal reservation.	2025-08-29T17:41:24Z
98-hr-6355	98	hr	6355	Industrial Development Action Grant Act of 1984	Housing and Community Development	1984-10-02	1984-10-17	Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization.	House	Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]	WI	D	A000224	0	Industrial Development Action Grant Act of 1984 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make industrial development action grants to severely distressed cities. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing grant eligibility criteria setting forth minimum standards for determining the level of economic distress of cities. Sets forth the information to be contained in assistance applications. Sets forth selection criteria. Prohibits the Secretary from considering an application before it is presented for review to the Governor of the State in which the city is located. Permits a State Governor to apply for a grant on behalf of a small city (non-central cities of under 50,000 population). Permits grants to be made only where the Secretary determines that there is a strong probability that: (1) the non-Federal investment in the project would not be made without the grant; and (2) the grant would not substitute for non-Federal funds which are otherwise available to the project. Requires 50 percent or more of the funds made available for such grants to be used for central cities with populations of 50,000 or more. Prohibits any assistance to a project that will facilitate the relocation of any operation, personnel, or position of an industrial plant, facility, or other business establishment from any eligible city to the city in which such project is located. Requires the Secretary, at least on an annual basis, to make reviews and audits of grant recipients.	2025-08-29T17:39:01Z
98-hr-6356	98	hr	6356	Natural Resources Severance Tax Act of 1984	Taxation	1984-10-02	1984-10-11	Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.	House	Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]	WI	D	A000224	0	Natural Resources Severance Tax Act of 1984 - Title I: Severance Tax on Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on: (1) domestic crude oil sold by a producer; (2) domestic natural gas sold by a producer; and (3) domestic coal sold by a producer. Sets the amount of such taxes at: (1) $2.80 per barrel of domestic crude oil; (2) 16 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of domestic natural gas; and (3) $2.00 per ton of domestic coal. Provides that no domestic crude oil, natural gas, or coal and no producer of any such oil, gas, or coal shall be exempt from such excise taxes. Title II: Limitation on Amount of State Severance Taxes on Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Entering Interstate Commerce - Limits the amount of severance taxes which may be imposed by States on oil, natural gas, and coal. Sets such limit at the amount of the costs incurred by a State which are directly attributable to the production within the State of crude oil, natural gas, or coal. Allows the Attorney General or any person who pays a severance tax to bring a civil action in a district court of the United States in order to enforce such limitation.	2025-08-29T17:39:23Z
98-hr-6357	98	hr	6357	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit flexible billing and payment arrangements where a physician substitutes on an occasional basis for another physician in solo practice.	Health	1984-10-02	1984-10-10	Referred to Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6]	IN	R	B001149	0	Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit payment to be made to a physician in the solo practice of medicine who arranges for physicians' services to be provided by another physician on an occasional basis in certain situations.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6358	98	hr	6358	Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor Act	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-02	1984-11-02	Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.	House	Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]	IL	D	E000250	0	Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor Act - Establishes the Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor (the Canal) in the State of Illinois. Authorizes appropriations to the State of Illinois to develop the Canal for public recreational use.	2025-08-29T17:41:16Z
98-hr-6359	98	hr	6359	Congressional Advisory Commission on Amateur Boxing Act	Sports and Recreation	1984-10-02	1984-10-09	Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.	House	Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]	TX	D	G000272	0	Congressional Advisory Commission on Amateur Boxing Act - Title I - Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on Boxing for the purpose of making legislative recommendations to Congress based on its studies undertaken with respect to the establishment of uniform Federal standards for amateur boxing events. Permits the Commission to hold hearings, take testimony, receive evidence, and issue subpoenas. Requires the Commission to report its findings and conclusions, together with any legislative recommendations, to Congress. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits the report. Authorizes appropriations. Title II - Federal Professional Boxing Prohibition Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to participate in professional boxing as a fighter, referee, coach, physician, or promoter. Sets forth penalties for offenders of this prohibition.	2025-08-29T17:41:25Z
98-hr-6360	98	hr	6360	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the tax credit for political contributions made to political action committees.	Taxation	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-32]	NY	D	L000556	0	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax credit for political contributions made to political action committees.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6361	98	hr	6361	A bill to make available for health and other humanitarian services to the needy a surplus vessel of the United States.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-02	1984-10-10	Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.	House	Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-35]	CA	R	L000274	0	Directs the Secretary of Transportation, upon application, to provide a suitable vessel to Hospital Oceanic, a nonprofit organization founded for the operation of a hospital ship to serve countries on the west coast of Central and South America and in the Far East. Requires such vessel to be operated as a charitable vessel engaged in providing humanitarian services to the needy.	2021-06-29T21:25:03Z
98-hr-6362	98	hr	6362	A bill to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California.	Armed Forces and National Security	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.	House	Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3]	MS	D	M000865	1	Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California, on land which is donated by the Romero Ranch Company.	2024-02-07T16:12:44Z
98-hr-6363	98	hr	6363	A bill to provide for centralized management and disposal of seized and forfeited property, and for other purposes.	Government Operations and Politics	1984-10-02	1984-10-09	Referred to Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation.	House	Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8]	VA	R	P000080	0	Requires the Administrator of General Services to establish policies and procedures for: (1) the care and custody of property seized by any Federal agency or forfeited to the United States; (2) the transfer of forfeited property among Federal agencies, Government corporations, the District of Columbia government, and certain requisitioning non-Federal agencies; and (3) the disposal of forfeited property. Requires the net proceeds from any disposition or transfer of forfeited property, with specified exceptions, to be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.	2025-02-04T16:54:13Z
98-hr-6364	98	hr	6364	Broad-Based Enhanced Savings Tax Act of 1984	Taxation	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Moore, W. Henson [R-LA-6]	LA	R	M000923	0	Broad-Based Enhanced Savings Tax Act of 1984 - Title I: Reduction of Individual Income Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the number of tax brackets to four and to reduce the marginal tax rates in the four brackets. Provides for a three-year phase down of the marginal tax rates ending in 1989. Postpones until 1986 the indexing of the rate brackets, including the zero bracket amount. Increases the earned income credit for certain individuals and couples with children in 1985 to 13 percent of the first $5,200 of earned income. Phases out the credit as the earned income of the taxpayer increases. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the earned income credit. Increases the personal exemption deduction to $1,050 in 1985. Allows a cost-of-living adjustment to this amount. Repeals the alternative minimum tax for individuals, income averaging, and special averaging rules for lump-sum distributions. Title II: Incentives for Investment and Savings - Subtitle A: Depreciation Reform - Permits the taxpayer to take a deduction with respect to expense-method property in the year it is placed in service equal to the basis of such property. Defines "expense-method property" as tangible property that is assigned to the 3-year or 5-year class for purposes of ACRS deductions and qualifies for the investment credit. Prohibits the expensing of several types of properties. Provides that the deduction for expense-method property shall be phased in over a period of 5 years, with the complete allowance of the expense-method property deduction occurring in 1990. Provides that the amount not eligible for the expense-method property deduction shall be eligible for the investment tax credit and the depreciation deduction. Provides that expense-method property shall not be eligible for the investment tax credit. Reduces the recovery period for 18-year real property placed in service after 1989 to 15 years. Subtitle B: Savings Incentives - Allows an individual to establish a super savings account to which tax…	2025-08-29T17:40:38Z
98-hr-6365	98	hr	6365	In-Flight Medical Emergencies Act	Health	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Pursell, Carl D. [R-MI-2]	MI	R	P000574	0	In-Flight Medical Emergencies Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue final rules requiring passenger-carrying aircraft to carry medical supplies, drugs, and equipment for the treatment of in-flight emergencies. Provides relief from State or Federal civil liability for any licensed medical personnel or air carrier employee who renders emergency medical aid on an airplane or who continues such aid until arrival at a medical facility. Extends such relief to an airplane's crew and owner or operator for providing on-board emergency medical supplies. Makes such relief from liability inapplicable if the actions were done recklessly or with gross negligence.	2025-08-29T17:40:22Z
98-hr-6366	98	hr	6366	Appalachian Transition Assistance Act of 1984	Economics and Public Finance	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-4]	WV	D	R000011	0	Appalachian Transition Assistance Act of 1984 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to extend through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission; and (2) the Appalachian development highway system and local access roads. Authorizes appropriations to the President through FY 1987 to carry out the purposes of such Act.	2025-08-29T17:39:12Z
98-hr-6367	98	hr	6367	A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to requirements that hospitals must meet in order to provide "swing-bed" service under the medicare and medicaid programs.	Health	1984-10-02	1984-10-11	Referred to Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6]	MN	D	S000407	0	Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit hospitals providing "swing-bed" services (long-term care usually provided by nursing homes) from being reimbursed for such services at a higher level than nursing homes. Limits those hospitals which can provide swing-bed services to those designed to hold fewer than 50 beds. (Current law permits hospitals with less than 50 beds to offer such services.) Prohibits a hospital from providing swing-bed services unless at least 96 percent of the beds in the nursing homes in the region of the hospital are occupied. Requires swing-bed hospitals to meet the same certification, licensing, and staff training standards as nursing homes. Limits agreements between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a swing-bed hospital to 12 months. Permits such a hospital to apply for a renewal of an agreement.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6368	98	hr	6368	A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the adopted child of an individual shall be treated the same as a natural child of such individual for purposes of determining his or her eligibility for benefits based on such individual's wage record, regardless of the time the adoption occurred.	Social Welfare	1984-10-02	1984-10-11	Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.	House	Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-22]	IL	D	S000423	0	Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the adopted child of an individual shall be treated the same as a natural child of such individual for purposes of determining the child's eligibility for benefits based on the individual's wage record, regardless of the time the adoption occurred.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6369	98	hr	6369	Defense Petroleum Reserve Act	Energy	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.	House	Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20]	CA	R	T000188	0	Defense Petroleum Reserve Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish, maintain, and utilize a Defense Petroleum Reserve, with a specified capacity and drawdown capability. Requires the Secretary, within 270 days after enactment of this Act, to prepare and transmit to Congress a Defense Petroleum Reserve Plan detailing the design, construction, and filling of the storage and related facilities of the Reserve. Requires the Plan to be designed so as to assure that the Reserve will provide immediate access to petroleum to be utilized for emergency national defense purposes as declared by the President. Outlines details to be included within the Plan, including a comprehensive environmenal assessment. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations and take other specified steps to assure implementation of the Plan. Allows the Secretary to store, transport, or exchange petroleum: (1) which is produced from Federal lands; (2) which the United States is entitled to receive as royalties from production on Federal lands; or (3) which is acquired by the Secretary for the Reserve. Outlines objectives to be followed by the Secretary in acquiring petroleum for the Reserve. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Petroleum Reserve Account, with specified credits made to such account. Prohibits the Secretary from using account funds for any purpose other than the procurement of petroleum for the Reserve. Requires the Secretary, beginning not later than January 1, 1987, to transmit annually a report to Congress with a detailed accounting of activities carried out under this Act. Requires the Secretary of Defense, beginning not later than January 1, 1988, to transmit annually a report to Congress concerning anticipated emergency petroleum needs for national defense, together with any recommendations. Authorizes continued production of petroleum from the naval petroleum reserves.	2025-08-29T17:40:24Z
98-hr-6370	98	hr	6370	Antibiotic Protection Act of 1984	Health	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.	House	Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4]	OR	D	W000227	6	Antibiotic Protection Act of 1984 - Prohibits: (1) any antibiotic drug certified for human use from being added in sub-therapeutic doses to animal feed or to feed ingredients; and (2) antibiotic drugs or agents not certified for human use from being so used in animal feed unless such drugs have been demonstrated not to increase antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans or animals.	2025-08-29T17:37:57Z
98-hr-6371	98	hr	6371	Employee Ownership Promotion Act	Commerce	1984-10-02	1984-10-17	Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization.	House	Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]	WI	D	A000224	0	Employee Ownership Promotion Act - Establishes in the Treasury an Employee Ownership Feasibility Study Revolving Fund. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make loans from the Fund to eligible employee ownership groups to fund: (1) feasibility studies to investigate the reorganization or new incorporation of an existing business enterprise as an employee owned business enterprise; and (2) professional services to implement such a feasibility study and to develop and insure the success of an employee owned business enterprise. Sets forth limits on such a loan. Sets forth the conditions under which an employee ownership group shall be eligible for feasibility study assistance from the Fund. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-29T17:39:53Z
98-hr-6372	98	hr	6372	Trade Procedures Simplification Act	Foreign Trade and International Finance	1984-10-02	1984-10-12	Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]	WI	D	A000224	0	Trade Procedures Simplification Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit election of expedited procedures in countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigations. Requires the final determination of the administering authority to be made: (1) within 100 days of the filing of the petition or the date on which the investigation commenced in countervailing duty cases; and (2) within 175 days of the filing of the petition or the date on which the investigation began in antidumping duty cases. Provides for extensions of such time limits in certain extraordinary cases. Requires the final determination of the International Trade Commission (ITC) to be made within 30 days of the administering authority's determination in countervailing duty and antidumping duty cases. Deletes the provision which permits the suspension of countervailing duty investigations on the basis of subsidy offset agreements. Requires that the holding of a hearing by the ITC during an antidumping or countervailing duty investigation shall be treated as compliance with the hearing requirement for both investigations if the investigations deal with the same merchandise from the same country and are initiated within six months of each other, unless the ITC considers that extraordinary circumstances require a hearing in the course of each investigation. Directs the administering authority to reimburse a petitioner for reasonable costs and expenses in an investigation that results in issuance of a countervailing duty order, antidumping duty order, or suspension agreement. Authorizes appeals of antidumping and countervailing duty cases to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Establishes in the ITC a Trade Remedy Assistance Office which shall provide full information to the public, upon request, concerning: (1) remedies and benefits under the trade laws; and (2) petition and application procedures and filing dates. Requires each agency responsible for administering a trade law to provide technical assistance to eligible small businesses…	2025-08-29T17:38:51Z
98-hr-6373	98	hr	6373	Enterprise Zone Act of 1984	Taxation	1984-10-02	1984-10-29	Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.	House	Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1]	WI	D	A000224	0	Enterprise Zone Act of 1984 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by this Act. Provides that State and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation. Limits the total number of designated areas to 60 (20 per year over a three-year period). Requires that at least one-fourth of such areas be in rural areas. Limits the period during which such designations shall remain in effect. Provides that the Secretary may designate such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area (within a population of at least 50,000) or 1,000 otherwise, or it is within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on July 1, 1988, or three years after the publication of regulations pertaining to such zones, whichever is later. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress every two years a report on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local go…	2025-08-29T17:41:31Z
98-hr-6374	98	hr	6374	Comprehensive Child and Family Act	Families	1984-10-02	1984-10-19	Referred to Subcommittee on Health.	House	Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-3]	VA	R	B000556	0	Comprehensive Child and Family Act - Title I: Children and Youth - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require a public agency or nonprofit organization wishing to qualify for assistance under specified provisions to agree to: (1) refer parents of an abused or neglected child to a local parental self-help group; and (2) assist in establishing a local parental self-help group if no such group exists in the area to be served by the agency or organization. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to research the effects of sexually explicit materials, such as adult magazines and R- and X-rated movies, on the emotional development of children under age 18. Requires such research to be conducted with individuals and groups who have worked directly with children in the study of emotional development. Prohibits the Secretary from conducting such research by obtaining information directly from, or conducting experiments directly with children. Requires such periodic reports to Congress. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add prohibitions against the creation, manufacture, or distribution of (or the possesion with intent to create, manufacture, or distribute) imitation controlled substances. Sets forth certain penalties for the distribution of an imitation controlled substance by an adult to a minor. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add prohibitions against specified activities involving the introduction of drug paraphernalia into interstate commerce. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Exports Control Act to add requirements for foreign countries' cooperation in narcotics control as a condition of assistance under such Acts. Directs the Secretary of HHS to provide for a study to compare the effects during and after pregnancy on: (1) unmarried women who choose adoption; and (2) unmarried women who choose single parenthood. Requires the Secretary to report such study's results to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months after…	2025-08-29T17:39:48Z
98-hr-6375	98	hr	6375	A bill for the relief of John Jaramillo and Rosa Maria Jaramillo.	Private Legislation	1984-10-02	1984-10-02	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6]	CT	R	J000163	0	Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.	2021-06-29T21:25:07Z
98-hr-6336	98	hr	6336	A bill to allow a deduction for a dependent who has attained the age of 65 to the same extent as deduction is allowable for a dependent who is a child.	Taxation	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.	House	Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3]	FL	D	B000371	0	Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for a dependent who has attained the age of 65 to the same extent as a deduction is allowable for a dependent who is a child.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6337	98	hr	6337	Merchant Marine Defense Service Recognition and Medals Act	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-01	1984-10-10	Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.	House	Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4]	MD	R	H000747	0	Merchant Marine Defense Service Recognition and Medals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award decorations and insignia to members of the U.S. Merchant Marine performing meritorious acts or distinguished service. Permits such honors to be of the same design as other comparable military honors. Authorizes the Secretary to cite any U.S. ship for outstanding or gallant acts. Permits the awarding of plaques for the ships and ribbons to the personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a flag and grave markers for merchant mariners who served the United States or its allies in periods of conflict. Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized manufacture or display of these awards or decorations. Repeals the Merchant Marine Medals Act.	2025-08-29T17:41:07Z
98-hr-6338	98	hr	6338	A bill to repeal the provision exempting aircraft owners or operators from reimbursing the Federal Government or any agency thereof for certain Sunday and holiday overtime services.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]	NJ	D	H000840	0	Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to remove the limitation on charges for government inspection services at airports on Sundays or holidays. (Currently, such charges are determined as if such days are weekdays.)	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6339	98	hr	6339	A bill to amend section 110(f) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 303), as amended, to increase the monetary authorization for the rehabilitation of the Illinois-Mississippi Canal.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]	NJ	D	H000840	1	Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to increase the authorization for the rehabilitation of the Illinois-Mississippi Canal, Illinois.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6340	98	hr	6340	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake further engineering and design of water resources development projects following the submission of a report to Congress recommending implementation of the projects.	Water Resources Development	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]	NJ	D	H000840	1	Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake advanced engineering and design of water resources development projects after submitting a report to Congress recommending project implementation.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6341	98	hr	6341	A bill to amend sections 15, 19 and 20 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 409, 414 and 415) to authorize recovery by the United States of costs incurred in removal of wrecks from navigable waters.	Transportation and Public Works	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3]	NJ	D	H000840	1	Makes a vessel owner, lessee, or operator liable to the United States for the costs of removal of a wrecked vessel from navigable waters.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z
98-hr-6342	98	hr	6342	A bill approving the governing international fishery agreements with Iceland and the European Economic Community.	Public Lands and Natural Resources	1984-10-01	1984-11-08	Became Public Law No: 98-623.	House	Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1]	NC	D	J000256	3	(Measure passed House, amended) Title I: Approval of Governing International Fishery Agreements with Iceland and the EEC - Expresses congressional approval of the governing international fishery agreements between the United States and the European Economic Community and between the United States and Iceland concerning fisheries off the coasts of the United States as contained in messages to Congress from the President dated August 27, 1984, and September 28, 1984, respectively. Authorizes the entering into force of such agreements. Title II: Artificial Reefs - National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 - Requires artificial reefs in waters covered under this title to be sited and constructed according to certain standards in order to enhance fishery resources. Defines "waters covered under this title" to mean the navigable U.S. waters and the waters superjacent to the Outer Continental Shelf to the extent such waters exist in or are adjacent to any State. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with others, to develop and publish a long-term artificial reef plan. Requires the plan to address: (1) criteria for siting and constructing artifical reefs; (2) methods for monitoring the compliance of artificial reefs with the permit requirements; (3) methods for managing the use of artificial reefs; (4) a synopsis of existing information on artifical reefs and needs for further research on artificial reef technology and management strategies; and (5) an evaluation of alternatives for faciliting the transfer of artificial reef construction materials to permit holders. Directs the Secretary of the Army in issuing permits for artificial reefs to: (1) consult with and consider the views of appropriate Federal agencies, States, local governments, and other interested parties; (2) ensure consistency with the standards establish in this title; (3) ensure that the maintenance and financial responsibility for and the title to the artificial reef construction material is clear; and (4) notify the Secretary of Com…	2021-09-25T05:30:26Z
98-hr-6343	98	hr	6343	Electronic Surveillance Act of 1984	Crime and Law Enforcement	1984-10-01	1984-10-11	Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.	House	Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]	WI	D	K000020	0	Electronic Surveillance Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to extend the definition of "intercept" for purposes of the interception of communications to allow non-aural acquisition of the contents of such communications. Extends the prohibition against the use of certain evidence secured by intercepted wire or oral communications to cover the contents of communications intercepted in violation of the minimization rule and as part of a pattern of intentional illegality. Authorizes interceptions for the investigation of offenses involving tampering with or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant. Requires that applications for authorizations for interceptions include a statement of the investigative objectives, the specific targets of the interceptions, and specific reasons why other investigative procedures are not adequate. Permits an ex parte court order to authorize interceptions outside the court's jurisdiction by a motile interception device, if such device is installed within the jurisdiction. Requires, when a court issues an order allowing interception, that: (1) at least one of the parties to such communication be identified in the order; and (2) the court has found probable cause that virtually all the users of the designated facility or telephone are doing so for the object of the investigation, or for monitoring voices as part of such investigation. Allows the order to authorize physical entry to install an electronic, mechanical, or other device in situations where there is no other less intrusive means of effecting interception. Requires reports every two weeks to the judge who issued the order showing progress made toward achievement of the authorized objective. Prohibits any person acting under the authority of the United States from installing or using a pen register or engaging in video surveillance except as authorized by the criminal code with regard to interceptions of oral communications.	2025-08-29T17:37:44Z
98-hr-6344	98	hr	6344	Rules Enabling Act of 1984	Law	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	For Previous Action See H.R.4144.	House	Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2]	WI	D	K000020	0	Rules Enabling Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal judicial code with respect to the U.S. Supreme Court's power to prescribe Federal rules of civil procedure (including bankruptcy rules). Empowers the Supreme Court to prescribe rules of evidence. (Currently, it only has power to prescribe amendments to such rules, which are promulgated by Congress.) Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to make recommendations to the Court regarding such prescribed rules. Authorizes the Conference to appoint committees comprised of judges and attorneys who will recommend the rules to be prescribed for Federal practice and procedure. Mandates the appointment of a standing committee on rules of practice and procedure whose function is to review all committee recommendations for consistency with one another. Provides for public notice of committee meetings for the transaction of business. Specifies exceptions. Requires that recommendations or prescriptions for rules of practice and procedure be accompanied by: (1) a proposed rule; (2) an explanatory note on the rule; and (3) a written explanation of the recommending body's action including minority or separate views. Requires the Supreme Court to transmit proposed rules of civil practice and procedure to the Congress by May 1 of the year in which such rules are to become effective. Sets December 1 of such year as the effective date for such rules. Amends the Judicial Code to provide for a periodic compilation by the Judicial Conference of procedural rules prescribed by courts other than the Supreme Court in order to provide a current record of such rules. Requires the Conference to periodically review such rules for consistency with the Conference's rules of practice and procedure. Authorizes the Conference to modify or abrogate inconsistent rules. Provides that rules prescribed by district courts for the conduct of their business require public notice and opportunity for comment before they are made or amended. Amends the Criminal Code to rescind the power of the…	2025-08-29T17:39:43Z
98-hr-6345	98	hr	6345	A bill to provide for an incentive for job training by reducing interest owed by States as a result of receiving advances under title XII of the Social Security Act with respect to unemployment compensation.	Labor and Employment	1984-10-01	1984-10-09	Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.	House	Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1]	CT	D	K000118	3	Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to annually credit to a State's Unemployment Trust Fund account the amount paid by the State as unemployment compensation to individuals who, while receiving such compensation, were in an approved training program. Provides that any such amount so credited shall be used to reduce the interest owed on the balance of advances made to the State's Unemployment Trust Fund account. Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Act to require a State's annual report to the Secretary of Labor to include certain information concerning unemployment compensation paid to individuals in approved training programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress annually concerning unemployment compensation paid to individuals in training.	2024-02-07T16:32:33Z
98-hr-6346	98	hr	6346	Child Molester Registration Act of 1984	Crime and Law Enforcement	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.	House	Rep. McNulty, James F., Jr. [D-AZ-5]	AZ	D	M000589	3	Child Molester Registration Act of 1984 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that any person subject to special parole who fails to register as required by State law shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years. Defines "special parole" as a condition of parole imposed by a State court upon a person convicted of an offense involving sexually motivated violence that such person register his presence with a local authority.	2025-08-29T17:39:42Z
98-hr-6347	98	hr	6347	A bill to designate the Federal Building in Akron, Ohio, as the "Paul C. Weick Federal Building and United States Court House".	Government Operations and Politics	1984-10-01	1984-10-01	Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.	House	Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14]	OH	D	S000230	0	Designates the Federal Building in Akron, Ohio, as the Paul C. Weick Federal Building and United States Courthouse.	2024-02-07T16:02:17Z

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