A bill to direct the president to seek negotiations with the Soviet Union for the establishment of a permanent joint United States-Soviet Communications Center to provide an additional channel for communications in order to reduce the threat of an accidental nuclear war.
1983-12-15: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.
A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that the procedures which are presently available to AFDC families for the collection of past-due child and spousal support from Federal tax refunds shall also be available to non-AFDC families.
1983-01-10: Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the week commencing October 7, 1984 as National Port Week.
1984-10-03: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A joint resolution to designate the week beginning September 2, 1984 as "Youth of America Week".
1984-08-21: Became Public Law No: 98-389.
A bill to prohibit the removal by the Secretary of the Interior of certain areas from wilderness study status.
1983-02-22: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
A joint resolution to designate the week beginning September 16, 1984, as "National Osteopathic Medicine Week".
1984-06-11: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to prohibit the production of lethal binary chemical munitions by the United States and to call on the President to enter into immediate negotiations with the Soviet Union for a mutual, verifiable limitation on the production and stockpiling of chemical weapons.
1983-02-15: Executive Comment Requested from Arms Control & Disarm Agcy, DOD, State.
A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to make unlawful the adulteration of food, drugs, and cosmetics carried out for the purpose of causing death or injury.
1983-03-02: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A joint resolution designating August 1984 as "Polish American Heritage Month".
1984-08-07: Became Public Law No: 98-374.
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week of November 25 through December 1, 1984, as "National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week".
1984-10-02: For Further Action See S.J.Res.201.
National Development Act of 1983
1983-04-28: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide death benefits to survivors of Federal law enforcement officers and firefighters, and for other purposes.
1983-08-01: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the normalization rules of the investment tax credit shall apply to natural gas pipelines without regard to the additional restriction imposed where there is a Federal determination that natural gas is in short supply.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A joint resolution to designate July 9, 1984, as "African Refugees Relief Day".
1984-07-09: Became Public Law No: 98-351.
A bill to repeal the withholding on interest, dividends, and patronage dividends enacted by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.
1983-07-28: See H.R.2973.
A bill entitled: the "Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway".
1983-05-20: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 213.
A joint resolution designating the Brigantine and Barnegat units of the National Wildlife Refuge System as the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
1984-04-24: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A joint resolution designating the week of September 16 through 22, 1984 as "Emergency Medicine Week".
1984-09-24: Became Public Law No: 98-414.
A joint resolution designating the week beginning December 2, 1984, as "National Senior Citizens Awareness Week".
1984-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to establish a Commission on More Effective Government, with the declared objective of improving the quality of government in the United States and of restoring public confidence in government at all levels.
1983-02-04: Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.